On Friday 06 October 2006 12:00, Marcel wrote: " 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) Marcel, I am a newbie to Linux so have no idea if it will be of any use but there is a piece of software called Super Grub Disk that *may* be of use. http://adrian15.raulete.net/grub/tiki-index.php I managed to hack Windows XP to reset the Admin passwords on a 2nd handlaptop I bought and that seemed to have Linux software base. You can get that from here: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/. May also work for SunOS HTH Alan
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