02-27-2011
Oh, so it's not much different than solving the problem of lost root password on a linux machine. And finally it is clear that I am presented with a console login, not ALOM.
Editing the /etc/shadow file is something I did couple of times on Ubuntu, so I am familiar with root pass recovery. However, in this case I don't think it is going to be THAT straightforward. I have a CD-ROM on the V100 machine and no floppy, and my outdated lab computers aren't able to burn a LiveCD image for me since both have DVD-ROM's. And no USB boot capability on my V100 either, since OpenBoot firmware is older than the recommended version.
Network installation of a LiveCD to the rescue? Is it possible to network boot a LiveCD without ANY intervention on the client? Is it possible to use a Windows machine as a boot server that will host the LiveCD image? I can't get past the console login screen let alone edit files on the V100 machine...
P.S. I found an OpenSolaris LiveCD image for SPARC machines and I hope it'll work for me.
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LEARN ABOUT SUSE
nwfsctrl
NWFSCTRL(1) nwfsctrl NWFSCTRL(1)
NAME
nwfsctrl - Perform server command
SYNOPSIS
nwfsctrl [ -h ] [ -S server ] [ -U user name ] [ -P password | -n ] [ -C ] [ -p ncpfs path ] -c | -o | -[f]d
nwfsctrl [ -h ] [ -S server ] [ -U user name ] [ -P password | -n ] [ -C ] [ -p ncpfs path ] server command
DESCRIPTION
nwfsctrl performs command on server.
OPTIONS
-h
With -h nwfsctrl prints a little help text.
-S server
is the name of the server you want to use.
-U user
user is the user name to use for login. To set the server's time, you need supervisor privileges.
-P password
password is the password to use for login. If neither -n nor -P are given, and the user has no open connection to the server, nwfstime
prompts for a password.
-n
-n should be given if no password is required for the login. As you need supervisor privileges for setting the date and time, this
option is probably not used very often.
-C
By default, passwords are converted to uppercase before they are sent to the server, because most servers require this. You can turn off
this conversion by -C.
-o
Open bindery.
-c
Close bindery.
-d
Down fileserver. This command will complain if there are open files on server.
-fd
Down fileserver, regardless of opened files.
load module options...
Load module module with options options... on server. Program will complain if module is already loaded.
unload module
Unload module module from server. Program will complain if module is not loaded.
mount volume
Mount volume volume.
dismount volume
Dismount volume volume. If there are open files on volume, server displays prompt on console. You must go to the server (or telnet/xcon-
sole) and hit Y or N to get beyond this point).
set variable = value
Set server settable variable variable to value value.
open bindery
Open bindery.
close bindery
Close bindery.
enable login
Enable login to file server.
disable login
Disable login to file server.
disable tts
Disable TTS. This probably does not work on Netware 4.11.
enable tts
Enable TTS. This probably does not work on Netware 4.11.
BUGS
Other commands are not written yet (volume, clear connection ...)
CREDITS
This utility was created by Petr Vandrovec (vandrove@vc.cvut.cz) and is part of ncpfs since 2.2.0.11.
nwfsctrl 2/12/1999 NWFSCTRL(1)