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Operating Systems Solaris Change Expired root Password Post 302920451 by Wrongway on Thursday 9th of October 2014 01:09:26 PM
Old 10-09-2014
Wrench Change Expired root Password
Hello everybody, hope you all are having a good day.

Here is our (my) situation...

We have a process where we clone Solaris 8 hard disk drives then have to configure each drive for the system they will be used in. In the old cloning image the root password never expired. We also have techs doing this and it works fine.

Now, the customer has added tighter security requirements which sets the root password to expire after specified amount of days. So, if it has been longer than the specified days since the capture of the image the techs will be required to change the root password.

In an old procedure on how to do this they would:
  1. Shutdown the system
  2. When shut down enter the command boot -s at the OK prompt
  3. Then it says: after the reboot at the # enter passwd root
Problem is, when trying to boot into single user mode it asks for the root password for maintenance or control-d to skip. I'm a newbie when it comes to UNIX administration (since I have always been a user and it has been 20 years) and was wondering if I was missing anything.

When doing research on the interwebs I have found about booting from a CD-ROM then editing the shadow file. I don't think the techs will be able to do this since they are not UNIX users.

Any help and any suggestion will be greatly appreciated.

Have a Great Day all and Thanks.
 

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install-solaris

install-solaris(1M)													       install-solaris(1M)

NAME

       install-solaris - install the Solaris operating system

SYNOPSIS

       install-solaris

       install-solaris	invokes  the  Solaris  Install	program. Depending on graphical capability and available memory at the time of invocation,
       install-solaris invokes either a text-based installer or a graphical installer.

       The following minimum requirements for physical memory dictate which features are available during installation:

       For SPARC machines:

       128 MB

	   Minimum physical memory for all installation types

       128 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for windowing system

       384 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation

       For x86 machines:

       256 MB

	   Minimum physical memory for all installation types

       256 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for windowing system

       512 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation

       In some cases, even if the minimum physical memory is present, available virtual memory after system startup can limit the number  of  fea-
       tures available.

       install-solaris	exists	only  on  the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should be invoked only from there. Refer to the  for more
       details.

       install-solaris allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. install-solaris loads the software available on the
       installation media. Refer to the  for disk space requirements.

       Refer to the  for more information on the various menus and selections.

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcdrom  (Solaris instal-  |
       |			     |lation media)		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       pkginfo(1), install(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5)

       It is advisable to exit install-solaris by means of the exit options in the install-solaris menus.

								    23 Sep 2005 					       install-solaris(1M)
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