16 Apr
2003
16 Apr
'03
1:58 a.m.
--- Doc Shipley <doc(a)mdrconsult.com> wrote:
Best way is to boot single-user from the install
CD, mount the root
filesystem, and edit relevant password files. Breaking in without the
CD is a serious PITA.
Easiest way without a CD is to install the root drive into another
Sun box, mount it and edit the shadow file. :-)
There's other techniques if the NVRAM has a password and the boot
device is set to something you don't have (like those $5 SPARCclassics
I got from the university the year before last - had to set up a
network boot to get them up and running to use the eeprom command to
clear the password).
-ethan
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