Apparently I made a typo in my passwd file. I put an invalid entry for the root shell. Now I have no root access. This is a new system so if all is lost, I can cope. But it will be quite a lose of time. I cannot login the regular conole. I have tried single user mode. Is hteree a way to boot off of the installation CD?
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HELP: Typo in passwd file
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Do not use the installation CD... Use the software CD and enter:
ok> boot cdrom -s
You will be in /tmp/root.
Create a mount point: mkdir /tmp/root/mnt0
Mount the root partition: mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /tmp/root/mnt0
cd /tmp/root/mnt0/etc
proceed from there.
ok> boot cdrom -s
You will be in /tmp/root.
Create a mount point: mkdir /tmp/root/mnt0
Mount the root partition: mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /tmp/root/mnt0
cd /tmp/root/mnt0/etc
proceed from there.
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