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I am using SUN OS. My problem is we totally forget the root password for that machine. My question is there any option for us to retrieve the password back beside formatting the systems?Thank you

[223 byte] By [sham] at [2007-11-25 22:58:57]

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# 1

I'm not a Solaris system specialist (yet:) but I guess that you can i.e. :

- conect this disk to the other SUN instalation, mount root partition and delete password from /etc/shadow file, or

- try to boot you computer with some rescue cdrom and then mount root partition and delete password from /etc/shadow file (I'm not even sure if you can use "system rescue" cd for Linux - what kind of fs is used in your instalation?)

I'm sure there is a lot of solution for you trouble (without Solaris reinstalation) ...

AndY at 2007-7-5 17:14:17 >

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# 2

Google is your friend.

Search it for <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=sola ris+root+password&btnG=Google+Search" target="_blank">solaris root password</a>.

You will need your installation CD, when you're ready to fix the issue.

rukbat at 2007-7-5 17:14:17 >

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