Newbie Needs Login on 2nd-Hand U/30/ 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 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?

Thanx in advance....

 

[FarahRegal]

rule1: get cdrom 2.6 OS

to recover root passwd you must halt the system

[STOP+A]
OK boot cdrom -s
it will take a while

a) mount root filesystem (e.g. root disk as c0t3d0s0)

# mount /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s0 /a 0r /mnt

b) TERM=sun; export TERM


# vi /a/etc/shadow

erase the encrepted passwd
when finished it look like
r00t::6445:::::

force to quit vi
wq!

# cd /
# umount /a

then
#sync;sync;reboot

hope it helps .

Farah regal
good luck
"think twice and hit enter once"

 

[harris79]

The advice given above by FRegal is the same as you were given
when you asked the same question earlier.

However, if you want to upgrade it to Solaris 8 or totally rebuild it, then stop-A and then boot cdrom.

Steve