Do you have any Solaris install media? You can use that CD to reset the password. Check your disk device name first with something like "df -k /". This should return the device name, something like /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0. Then you can boot off the CD, "boot cdrom -s" at the boot ROM prompt. Once the booting is finsihed, you will be in single user mode. Mount the disk to /mount. edit the /mount/etc/shadow file to remove roots password. Reboot the box, login without a password and create a new one. If you don't have a CD of Solaris, you could download a copy of Solaris 10 ( which is pretty nifty these days). Most bigger Linux distributions maintain SPARC port. I would assume that they would work. Michael Marcel wrote: > I've got a small problem: > > I've got a donated Sun Blade 100 sitting here, which I'd like to use > to for some processing...but: > > - I don't have the root password, nor passwords for any other logins in > this box. > - I don't have the SunOS/Solaris install CD's which I know can be used > to reset the root password. > (It doesn't even have the original keyboard I think) > > So, does anyone know how bypass/change/hack the root login or the boot > process on one of these? > (AFAIK It has SunOS 5.8 or 5.9 installed at the moment) > > Failing that, can anyone suggest a linux/unix distribution that will > run nicely on this? (Don't care for GUI, text-only is fine, lean and > mean is good ;^) > > I did a quick google, but all I the distributions I can find that will > run on a SUN seem kind of dated... > > Thanks, > > > Marcel > > -- > Where is the cat and why is my printout furry? > > _______________________________________________ > AuckLUG mailing list > AuckLUG at linux.net.nz > http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aucklug
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