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Operating Systems Solaris solaris 8 reset root password from OSX Post 302596468 by Norman Khine on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 12:54:04 PM
Old 02-07-2012
solaris 8 reset root password from OSX

Hello, I have two old Solaris machines

$ uname -a
SunOS unknown 5.8 Generic_117350-39 sun4u sparc SUNW,UltraAX-e2

unfortunately, it has been so long ago that i have used these that the root password has left my head...

i can log into one of the machine as a normal user, but am unable to do so on the second machine.

i tried to boot the machine with Solaris 11, in order to get to the filesystem and change the root password, as suggested by other posts, but the boot sequnce by passes the CD-ROM and goes directly to the boot prompt.

so my question:

my current laptop is a MacBook, 10.6.8, I don't have the original CD's just CD no 2 ;( the rest were lost)

also, on my MacBook, i only have USB ports, so i am unable to connect to the terminal via the serial adapter, unless I get a USB Serial Adapter.

recommendations much appreciated.

norman
 

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UPLCOM(4)						   BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual 						 UPLCOM(4)

NAME
uplcom -- USB support for Prolific PL-2303/2303X/2303HX serial adapters driver SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file: device uplcom device ucom Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5): uplcom_load="YES" DESCRIPTION
The uplcom driver provides support for various serial adapters based on the Prolific PL-2303, PL-2303X and PL-2303HX USB-to-RS232 Bridge chips. The device is accessed through the ucom(4) driver which makes it behave like a tty(4). HARDWARE
The uplcom driver supports the following adapters: o ATEN UC-232A o BAFO BF-800 o BAFO BF-810 o Belkin F5U257 o ELECOM UC-SGT o HAL Corporation Crossam2+USB IR commander o Hama USB RS-232 Serial Adapter o Hamlet exagerate XURS232 o IOGEAR UC-232A o I/O DATA USB-RSAQ o I/O DATA USB-RSAQ2 o I/O DATA USB-RSAQ3 o Mobile Action MA-620 Infrared Adapter o PLANEX USB-RS232 URS-03 o RATOC REX-USB60 o Radio Shack USB Serial Cable o Sandberg USB to Serial Link (model number 133-08) o SOURCENEXT KeikaiDenwa 8 (with and without charger) o Sony Ericsson USB Cable (Susteen USB Data Cable) o Willcom W-SIM DD PHS terminal.(WS002IN) SEE ALSO
tty(4), ucom(4), usb(4) HISTORY
The uplcom driver appeared in NetBSD 1.6. This manual page was adopted from NetBSD by Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> in April 2002. BSD
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