[AuckLUG] RE: AuckLUG Digest, Vol 17, Issue 3

[Daniel Lewis_SSC]

This should help in regards to the Sun root logon issue, I did this
roughly 5 months ago booting from a jumpstart server and making a change
to the password file while in runlevel 1. Hope it helps

http://www.softpanorama.org/Solaris/Security/solaris_root_password_recov
ery.shtml

Regards
Daniel Lewis
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Today's Topics:

   1. Urgent Knoppix request: dead hard drive (Nic Bellamy)
   2. Linux on a Sun Blade 100? (Marcel)
   3. Re: Urgent Knoppix request: dead hard drive (Liz)


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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:00:24 +1300
From: Nic Bellamy <nic at bellamy.co.nz>
Subject: [AuckLUG] Urgent Knoppix request: dead hard drive
To: aucklug at linux.net.nz
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Hi guys,
	I've received an email from a guy visiting from overseas who's
had his 
harddrive in his laptop die - he'd like to get ahold of a copy of 
Knoppix so he can at least boot and get on the 'net so he can keep in 
contact with family and friends at home.

He's staying at the Quest hotel on Nelson Street - if there's anyone 
able to drop him in a recent Knoppix CD (he's offered a blank CDR in 
return), drop me an email and I'll put you in touch (I don't really want

to post all his personal details to the list archives :-).

Cheers,
	Nic.

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Nic Bellamy <nic at bellamy.co.nz>



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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:23:04 +1300
From: Marcel <madmarcel at gmail.com>
Subject: [AuckLUG] Linux on a Sun Blade 100?
To: Auckland Linux User Group mailing list <aucklug at linux.net.nz>
Message-ID: <452585C8.7020909 at gmail.com>
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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?



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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 11:49:50 +1300
From: Liz <liz at debian.co.nz>
Subject: Re: [AuckLUG] Urgent Knoppix request: dead hard drive
To: Auckland Linux User Group mailing list <aucklug at linux.net.nz>
Message-ID: <200610061149.50482.liz at debian.co.nz>
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Would a kubuntu/ubuntu cd suffice?

Liz

On Friday 06 October 2006 11:00, Nic Bellamy wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 	I've received an email from a guy visiting from overseas who's
had his
> harddrive in his laptop die - he'd like to get ahold of a copy of
> Knoppix so he can at least boot and get on the 'net so he can keep in
> contact with family and friends at home.
>
> He's staying at the Quest hotel on Nelson Street - if there's anyone
> able to drop him in a recent Knoppix CD (he's offered a blank CDR in
> return), drop me an email and I'll put you in touch (I don't really
want
> to post all his personal details to the list archives :-).
>
> Cheers,
> 	Nic.



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