Summary: i have been given a solaris machine(ultra 5)running solaris version 8. But I dont know the root password and the previous owner of the machine does no...
Summary: 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 dis...
Summary: Does anyone know how to reset root password on Ultra 5 Sparc machine? I need to either reset it or reinstall the whole thing. Now I can't even reinsta...
Summary: I have a SUN Ultra 5 with Solaris 8 but I don´t have the root password. I have booted the station with the option "boot cdrom -s" with the Solaris 8 ...
Summary: Hi, As usual, a solitary Sun box has reared its ugly head, and the only person who knew the root password left aeons ago... So, I tried following the ...
Summary: I have sucssesfullyinstalled Solaris 8 for intel. In installation I gave root password, but in starting up it wont take that password, is there any wa...
Summary: when I try to change root password as root using "passwd root" command, the system asks me for root password, when I type the existing password I used...
Summary: i forgot the root password for solaris 8 on ultra 5 systems. When restarted an waring is raised[ unable to repair /var filesystem] Type ctrl+d to proc...
Summary: I have an Intel Solaris 2.7 version unix box at home. I forgot my root password. I have the install unix cd. How can I recovery the root password w...
Summary: Hi I'm a complete novice with Solaris. The situtation is that my boss bought 2 tractor trailers full of old MAC'S & PC's which I have been slowly pie...
Summary: An incindent occurred ( not by me) that resulted in the root password not being accepted. On servers with a cdrom the process to correct is easy enoug...
Summary: i've installed Solaris 8, and so far it is functional with no hangups. one problem - i cant set up user accounts, or manage hard disks because i am un...
Summary: I forgot my sun solaris 5.8 version root password. server model SPARC ENTERPRICE 250. I am not able to boot the server bcz server wants ctrl+d for nor...
Summary: Using a solaris 8 sun box. Booted into single user mode off of a solaris CD and manually changed our shadow file to show root as having no password. W...
Summary: Help! My old sparc 5 station died and I bought a new (used) one on Ebay. it is working fine but I do not have any user's password, nore root's passwor...
Summary: I have 2 SUN Netra T1's. I have the root password for one machine(MC1) but do not have any passwords for the second machine(MC2).Here are the configur...
Summary: From a note by jayfoo earlier: 1: Insert Solaris CD in cd drive and from ok prompt run command: boot cdrom -s 2:This will take you single user mode # ...
Summary: I have a Netra T1 200 (UltraSPARC-IIe 500MHz) with SunOS Release 5.8 running. I don't have a either CD-ROM installed or do I know the root password. I...
Summary: Hi, What I understand is now you can not login using root because another guy changed the root password. I recommend you to boot your system using CD-...
Summary: Hi I have a netra t1 that I do not have the root password for. When the machine reboots from LOM> reset there is an error when checking the file syste...
Summary: I am running Solaris 2.6. I have a problem maybe other admins might have seen. root can only change roots password from the command line using the pas...
Summary: Hey guys HELP!! I have lost the ROOT passwd to my Netra T1 running Solaris 8. I have followed other posts on here but they don't mention the problem...
Summary: you need a boot cd. the way to reset the root password is well documented in many FAQs once you have that. (I think even Sun's Big admin site has the ...
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