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Recovering Solaris 8 root password
Post 302616049 by alvaradogunner on Friday 30th of March 2012 11:47:37 AM
03-30-2012
hello sunadmin, thanks for replying.
I executed the format command, and displayed the following:
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c1t0d0 <SUN36G cyl 24620 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
/pci@8, 600000/SUNW, q1c@4/fp@0, 0/ssd@w21000004cfef8bff,0
1. c1t1d0 <SUN36G cyl 24620 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
/pci@8, 600000/SUNW, q1c@4/fp@0, 0/ssd@w2100002037fd3d50,0
2. c1t8d0 <SUN36G cyl 24620 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
/pci@8, 600000/SUNW, q1c@4/fp@0, 0/ssd@w210000203742463e,0
3. c1t9d0 <SUN36G cyl 24620 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
/pci@8, 600000/SUNW, q1c@4/fp@0, 0/ssd@w2100000c50106ba2,0
4. c1t10d0 <SUN36G cyl 24620 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
/pci@8, 600000/SUNW, q1c@4/fp@0, 0/ssd@w21000004cfd99304,0
5. c1t11d0 <SUN36G cyl 24620 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
/pci@8, 600000/SUNW, q1c@4/fp@0, 0/ssd@w21000004cfd99ad6,0
eeprom boot-device displayed the next info:
boot-device=/pci@8,600000/SUNW,q1c@4/fp@0,0/disk@w21000004cfef8bff, 0: a disk
eeprom information matches with the first disk1 showed by the format command, so this means that my file system resides on disk1.
I did a fsck on /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s0 and mounted in on /a:
I also set my TERM variable to sun and exported it:
I opened the /a/etc/shadow file but it is not displaying any information about passwords. It displays the following:
Any suggestions? 
I executed the format command, and displayed the following:
Quote:
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c1t0d0 <SUN36G cyl 24620 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
/pci@8, 600000/SUNW, q1c@4/fp@0, 0/ssd@w21000004cfef8bff,0
1. c1t1d0 <SUN36G cyl 24620 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
/pci@8, 600000/SUNW, q1c@4/fp@0, 0/ssd@w2100002037fd3d50,0
2. c1t8d0 <SUN36G cyl 24620 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
/pci@8, 600000/SUNW, q1c@4/fp@0, 0/ssd@w210000203742463e,0
3. c1t9d0 <SUN36G cyl 24620 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
/pci@8, 600000/SUNW, q1c@4/fp@0, 0/ssd@w2100000c50106ba2,0
4. c1t10d0 <SUN36G cyl 24620 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
/pci@8, 600000/SUNW, q1c@4/fp@0, 0/ssd@w21000004cfd99304,0
5. c1t11d0 <SUN36G cyl 24620 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
/pci@8, 600000/SUNW, q1c@4/fp@0, 0/ssd@w21000004cfd99ad6,0
eeprom boot-device displayed the next info:
Quote:
boot-device=/pci@8,600000/SUNW,q1c@4/fp@0,0/disk@w21000004cfef8bff, 0: a disk
eeprom information matches with the first disk1 showed by the format command, so this means that my file system resides on disk1.
I did a fsck on /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s0 and mounted in on /a:
Quote:
fsck -y /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s0
mount /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0
mount /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0
Quote:
TERM=sun
export TERM
export TERM
Quote:
../var/run/syslog_door
"/a/etc/shadow" 1 line, 464 characters ( 441 null )
"/a/etc/shadow" 1 line, 464 characters ( 441 null )
Last edited by alvaradogunner; 03-30-2012 at 12:59 PM..
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suninstall
suninstall(1M) System Administration Commands suninstall(1M) NAME
suninstall - install the Solaris operating system SYNOPSIS
suninstall DESCRIPTION
install-solaris(1M) is now the preferred command for starting and restarting the Solaris Installation program. It should be used instead of suninstall. suninstall is symbolically linked to install-solaris. suninstall is a forms-based and graphical subsystem for installing the operating system. suninstall exists only on the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should only be invoked from there. Refer to the Solaris 10 Instal- lation Guide: Basic Installations for more details. suninstall allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. suninstall loads the software available on the installa- tion media. Refer to the Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations for disk space requirements. USAGE
Refer to the Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations for more information on the various menus and selections. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcdrom (Solaris instal- | | |lation media) | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
pkginfo(1), install(1M), install-solaris(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5) Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations NOTES
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