02-10-2008
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2. Solaris
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How to recover root password in solaris, I forgot root password.
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Dear All,
I have lost my data backup server's root password, just have a normal login username and password ..but i need to get back my root passwd....any1 can help me out plz :confused: (7 Replies)
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5. Solaris
Hi everyone!
I've got a problem caused by another who did:
- He create an user and grant the group (1) to this
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Dec 21 09:13:09 payment dtlogin: open_pam_conf: Owner of /etc/pam.conf is not root
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6. Solaris
How can I recover root password :wall:
1) I am running Solaris 10 (X86) through VMware for practicing.
2) I was practicing root password recovery and deleted the password in /etc/shadow file.
3) Neither cant login the to the CLI nor Console
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7. Red Hat
Hello forum members,
Please help me to recover the root password. i can login with the user in redhat linux but i forget root password. so pleas help me to recover.
advance thanks
siva. (2 Replies)
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
We forgot the root password on SuSE version 10 server. Since I didn't have SuSE DVD, I started the server using Redhat. I updated /etc/shadow and removed the root password.
I then started the server and I still can't login using root. Any idea?
One more question, on Novell web... (6 Replies)
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9. Solaris
Hello forum members,
Please help me to recover the root password. I have had difficulties working with Solaris 11.
The run-level equivalents single-user in Solaris 10, I can mount disk in one partition and edit files shadow/passwd.
For example:
{0} ok boot cdrom -s
# mount... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Marcela Bueno
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10. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
Hi,, i have a solaris 10 machine , that let the root password expire..
I am trying to recover from failsafe mode.
In the old days it was rater simple , boot to cdrom , mount the root disk,
/a cd /a and wipe out root pw string..
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LEARN ABOUT OSX
dsenableroot
dsenableroot(8) BSD System Manager's Manual dsenableroot(8)
NAME
dsenableroot -- enables or disables the root account.
SYNOPSIS
dsenableroot [-d] [-u username] [-p password] [-r rootPassword]
DESCRIPTION
dsenableroot sets the password for the root account if enabling the root user account. Otherwise, if disable [-d] is chosen, the root
account passwords are removed and the root user is disabled.
A list of flags and their descriptions:
-u username
Username of a user that has administrative privileges on this computer.
-p password
Password to use in conjunction with the specified username. If this is not specified, you will be prompted for entry.
-r rootPassword
Password to be used for the root account. If this is not specified for enabling, you will be prompted for entry.
EXAMPLES
-dsenableroot
Your username will be used and you will be queried for both your password and the new root password to be set to enable the root
account.
-dsenableroot -d
Your username will be used and you will be queried for only your password to disable the root account.
-dsenableroot -u username -p userpassword -r rootpassword
The supplied arguments will be used to enable the root account.
-dsenableroot -d -u username -p userpassword
The supplied arguments will be used to disable the root account.
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