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Operating Systems Solaris forgot password Post 302217916 by rcmrulzz on Wednesday 23rd of July 2008 11:43:04 PM
Old 07-24-2008
forgot password

@nsharath
If your solaris server does not have grub password then, you can edit the grub menu and then drop in to single user mode without root password, then use passwd command to reset your root password. This works in unix, so should work in solaris also.Smilie

Also if you can connect to the mngmnt console behind the server using a laptop(tftp) like how u connect to a switch or router, you can reset root password from there also I suppose...Please google on that...Smilie
 

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vipw(1B)					     SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands						  vipw(1B)

NAME
vipw - edit the password file SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/vipw DESCRIPTION
vipw edits the password file while setting the appropriate locks, and does any necessary processing after the password file is unlocked. If the password file is already being edited, then you will be told to try again later. The vi(1) editor will be used unless the environment variable VISUAL or EDITOR indicates an alternate editor. vipw performs a number of consistency checks on the password entry for root, and will not allow a password file with a "mangled" root entry to be installed. It also checks the /etc/shells file to verify the login shell for root. FILES
/etc/ptmp /etc/shells ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWscpu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
passwd(1), vi(1), passwd(4), attributes(5) SunOS 5.11 14 Sep 1992 vipw(1B)
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