My Workday » Unix http://www.goworkday.com Let's talk TECH Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:28:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Recover root password on Solaris http://www.goworkday.com/2008/06/08/recover-root-password-on-solaris/ http://www.goworkday.com/2008/06/08/recover-root-password-on-solaris/#comments Sun, 08 Jun 2008 03:03:00 +0000 Admin http://www.goworkday.com/?p=5 Use the software cd 1 of 2 to recover root password: ?View Code BASH1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 boot cdrom -s from ok prompt   mkdir /tmp/a   mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /tmp/a   cd /tmp/a/etc   TERM=vt100; export TERM   vi shadow   Delete passwd entry (13 chars) in [...]]]>

Use the software cd 1 of 2 to recover root password:

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boot cdrom -s from ok prompt
 
mkdir /tmp/a
 
mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /tmp/a
 
cd /tmp/a/etc
 
TERM=vt100; export TERM
 
vi shadow
 

Delete passwd entry (13 chars) in the line for root.

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