I currently came across a Solaris System which was donated by a local company and I have managed to recover a Solaris Installation Disk. Is there anyway I can reset the password or re install the programs so I can access the system.

TRY THIS. Insert a Solaris software installation CD As the box is coming up ( to reboot '/usr/sbin/shutdown -y -g0 -i6') When the text "Rebooting with command ...... " appears on the screen Press the 'Stop' and 'a' keys to go to the OK prompt. type in 'boot cdrom -s' this boots from the CD in single user mode When the prompt appears type in 'fsck /dev/rdsk/c0t3d0s0' or whereever the root partition resides. ( To find out the cntndnsn look in /dev/dsk or do 'format' ) mount /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s0 /mnt ksh export TERM=sun vi /mnt/etc/shadow Originally the root entry in this file will look like eg: root:obb.IuigJKYaE:10895:::::: Delete the encryted password so its looks like eg: ( or put in the encryted part of another password that know ) root::10895:::::: Then /usr/sbin/shutdown -y -g0 -i6 When the machine comes up type in the username 'root' and press Enter ( NO PASSWORD IS REQUIRED ) When back on the box reset root's password