1 Feb
2003
1 Feb
'03
3:22 p.m.
Jeffrey S. Worley <Technoid(a)30below.com> wrote:
I bought a Sun Sparcstation 4/330 a few years ago.
It's hdd was intact
and after breaking the password file [...]
Why did you need to do that? Why couldn't you just boot single-user from the
ROM and get a root shell?
MS
1 Feb
1 Feb
10:31 p.m.
It wouldn't let me. The os is Solaris 2.4. When I booted single-user I
still had to feed it the root P/W which I didn't have.
I never did get the root PW. Apparently the admin was a conciencious
one. I broke the machine by running Jack on the drive on a Linux
machine, got a few passwords and usernames, then set the prom date way
back. When Solaris booted and I fed it the user's (not root) PW, the
machine bombed to a root prompt with a message something like
(irrational date). It freaked the machine that a user who'd not been
created yet just logged on. I got root that way, changed root pw from
there and on I went.
Regards,
Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Michael Sokolov
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 4:18 PM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: RE: Expect to see fewer hard drives.
Jeffrey S. Worley <Technoid(a)30below.com> wrote:
I bought a Sun Sparcstation 4/330 a few years ago.
It's hdd was
intact
and after breaking the password file [...]
Why did you need to do that? Why couldn't you just boot single-user from
the
ROM and get a root shell?
MS
2 Feb
2 Feb
11:35 a.m.
--- "Jeffrey S. Worley" <Technoid(a)30below.com> wrote:
It wouldn't let me. The os is Solaris 2.4. When I
booted single-user I
still had to feed it the root P/W which I didn't have.
Typically for those, you boot a distro CD and mount the root partition
and edit the shadow file. Mind you, you don't need the exact version
of Solaris, just something that will run on your machine. Alternatively,
if you have more than one Solaris box, you can mount the root drive
in the other machine, mount, edit, etc.
...I broke the machine by running Jack on the...then
set the prom
date way back...
Interesting approach. I must say that I would never have thought of
it.
-ethan
1:03 p.m.
I didn't have install media either and at the time hadn't played with
the BSD variants that run on this machine. The prom is really
primitive. Architecture is Sun4 not Sun4U or any of the newer ones. One
of our list members shipped me original Solaris 2.4 cd's. I forget who
he is but I was very greatful.
BTW, every time I try to mount a solaris partition under Net or Open BSD
it trashes it. When I try to reboot to Solaris it gives me 'bad magic
number' or something like that. Then I have to reinstall Solaris. I
just gave up on trying to mount the solaris partition. I have all three
os's (NetBSD, OpenBSD and Solaris 2.4) on this machine but I never touch
the Solaris partition in another environment. Solaris 2.4 is the last
version of Sun's software that will run on this monster.
Regards,
Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Ethan Dicks
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 12:32 PM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: RE: Expect to see fewer hard drives.
--- "Jeffrey S. Worley" <Technoid(a)30below.com> wrote:
It wouldn't let me. The os is Solaris 2.4. When I
booted single-user
I
still had to feed it the root P/W which I didn't
have.
Typically for those, you boot a distro CD and mount the root partition
and edit the shadow file. Mind you, you don't need the exact version
of Solaris, just something that will run on your machine.
Alternatively,
if you have more than one Solaris box, you can mount the root drive
in the other machine, mount, edit, etc.
...I broke the machine by running Jack on the...then
set the prom
date way back...
Interesting approach. I must say that I would never have thought of
it.
-ethan
1:33 p.m.
I hate to say it. I'd like it to seem a stroke of genius, but in the
interest of accuracy it was an accident.
The battery in my boot prom was nigh dead and I was setting the date
manually in the prom. When I booted it that last time trying to crack
it I failed to set the date. I was shocked when the machine responded
the way it did.
Just to set the record straight.
Regards,
Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Ethan Dicks
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 12:32 PM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: RE: Expect to see fewer hard drives.
--- "Jeffrey S. Worley" <Technoid(a)30below.com> wrote:
It wouldn't let me. The os is Solaris 2.4. When I
booted single-user
I
still had to feed it the root P/W which I didn't
have.
Typically for those, you boot a distro CD and mount the root partition
and edit the shadow file. Mind you, you don't need the exact version
of Solaris, just something that will run on your machine.
Alternatively,
if you have more than one Solaris box, you can mount the root drive
in the other machine, mount, edit, etc.
...I broke the machine by running Jack on the...then
set the prom
date way back...
Interesting approach. I must say that I would never have thought of
it.
-ethan
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