I am running Solaris 9 on a machine I acquired from a different dept and no one there knows what either the firmware or the root passwd is (which is probably why they gave me the machine),I originally thought i could simply reload the O/S but this computer has data that is needed, how do i get around the firmware and the root passwd?
One way might be to install a good OS on a similar machine, and then move that disk over to this one.
Once you boot it up with that new disk and are root, then you can remove the password with 'eeprom' commands.
Presumably you can't do a cdrom boot directly due to the password.
Also, what kind of machine? I've done some nasty tricks that have worked in the past....
Pull nvram, power machine up (no password, so goes to OK prompt), insert nvram with machine running, issue command to remove password... machine fine.
I obviously wouldn't do that on a machine that you couldn't afford to destroy, because I don't know what will happen. I last tried it on a SS10.
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Darren
Getting round the fw password is normally hardware dependent. Theres normally a method of reseting it. Possibly by tweaking a jumper on the motherboard.
Getting round the root password is normally a matter of booting off cd and mounting the disk then editing the password file.
Gets a bit harder if disk mirroring is involved. Its normally best to shut that off while your at it.
This web page should get you started.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-9-76217-1
