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Netra: Reset root password - Mount
Name: Sundar Date: August 19, 2003 at 18:19:57 Pacific OS: Solaris CPU/Ram: sun4u/128MB
Comment:
I am trying to reset the root password of a Solaris 7 box using a Solaris 9 boot disk.
I have booted in single user mode. I am trying to mount the disk so that I can clear the root password. My "mount" command is failing
mount /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0 /mnt mount: /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0 not a block device
Name: Sundar Date: August 19, 2003 at 21:20:56 Pacific
Reply:
Did some reading after that. Figured out I should mount the block logical device. I did
mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /mnt
and it worked. vi'ed the shadow file and deleted the 13 char encrypted password and viola, I am in.
-Sundar
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Response Number 2
Name: joseph_198 Date: September 9, 2003 at 19:02:56 Pacific
Reply:
hi sir
When you boot for cdrom the mount point is not /mnt is /a please check this
in the ok prompt boot -sw cdrom
mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /a set the variable TERM TERM=vt100 export TERM vi /a/etc/shadow and is the password file erase all this looks like that root::User Root:.....
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