Solaris 9 will work... You also could possibly use Linux with UFS file support to mount and modify the /etc/shadow file... Wish I had that box. I've just got the Ultra5 here and an Ultra-1/E 170. Aurora Linux might work... I'd just download Solaris9 and reinstall it. The unsupport of UltraSparc1 processors can be reversed... posts on the net say it's just the boot block that was changed to not allow it to boot and some symlinks that point to the correct kernel drivers... I've got the Solaris7 stuff from Sun (SunOS5.7) if you want to stay with the same version.) The instructions are: http://forum.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=21556&tstart=0 boot cdrom -s at the ok prompt when you get to the hash prompt type. fsck -F ufs -y /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 - Trust me do this first otherwise it wont allow you to mount the root partition now type in mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /a cd /a and you will have all your root folders there vi /a/etc/shadow root:Ke.PlteRzWPkg:12725:::::: root::12725::::::::: remove everything in between the : so it looks like the example above. now save the file and reboot your system Instead of the vi you may be able to do the following -- haven't tried this with the Solaris cd but chroot may be available. chroot /a /bin/sh or /a/usr/sbin/chroot /a /bin/sh that will have your logical root changed to /a and you can run the passwd command to change the root password. Bill On 6/28/06, Dan Williams <williams.dan at gmail.com> wrote: