25 Nov
2000
25 Nov
'00
12:37 a.m.
Lawrence LeMay wrote:
Are you sure it doesnt ask for the Prom password on hardware faults,
instead of root password?
-Lawrence LeMay
Assuming noone has set the prom security password, you could boot the
system with a known hardware problem, in an attempt to force the OS to
drop you into root. On much older hardware, and prior to sun prom
security passwords, the classic method was to unplug the keyboard, power
on the system, and when it dropped into root, plug the keyboard back in.
Nicheten worken with post 2.3. (5.2.3). Hardware faults won't get you
a root session in single user mode unless you're capable of supplying
the root password (which is fun when the problem is a hosed passwd or
shadow file).