How can I overwrite a Login in Solaris 2.6??

[luwinga78]

Background: I walked into Goodwill and found a seemingly
working Sun UltraSparc II-30 (256 RAM, 2
HDD,Creator, 21" Monitor for $80. It has
Solaris 2.6. and other stuff noted per POST.

Problem: It's a great machine but I can't get inside
because login requires a password. I don't
know who sold it. Is there anyway I can
overwrite login so that I can configure my
new password, make upgrades (thinking about
Solaris 8.0), etc?? Plus it doesn't have FDD
(3.5&quot can I install a regular FD drive?

I am new to UNIX/ and Solaris.

Thanx in advance....

 

[ayjaycee]

The best way to recover the root password is boot from cdrom in single usermode :-
ok boot cdrom -s
Then when you get the # prompt, edit /etc/shadow and delete the second field after the user root.
Reboot the system and change root's password.

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