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Recover /etc/passwd file deleted

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Name: Carlos Munoz
Date: May 12, 2003 at 08:59:59 Pacific
Subject: Recover /etc/passwd file deleted
OS: Solaris
CPU/Ram: 6x400MHzSPARC/4GB
Comment:

By mistake I've deleted the /etc/passwd and shadow files, I don't have a backup and I rebooted the system. What do I have to do to recover those files? Is there any way to do it??


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Name: boarddude
Date: May 13, 2003 at 07:19:32 Pacific
Subject: Recover /etc/passwd file deleted
Reply: (edit)

Hi Carlos,

You can try, to boot from cdrom (boot cdrom -s) then mount the boot disk (both parts if mirroring is used) probably c0t0d0s0...
Then cp from /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow to
{mountpoint}/etc/...
and vi {mountpoint}/etc/shadow for the root passwd...

Hope it helps

B.Dude


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