[mrtg] Re: off subject sparkstation 5 lost passwords

[Andrew Davis]

Suuuuuure it was your son. :) Come on... admit that you made a mistake
instead of blaming the innocent. ;)

Search on google for "solaris lost root password". I don't remember all
the details off hand... it's been 2 or 3 years since I encountered
this... but I know it's something along the lines of booting to the ok
prom, then copying the encrypted part from /etc/shadow for a
user/password that you do know... copying into the root section, then
logging in with a known password and changing it. This, of course,
assumes he didn't complete hose /etc/passwd & /etc/shadow, but only
mangled a few accounts.

As a last resort, go to your local Barnes & Noble and pick up "Solaris
Security" from Sun Press. They cover this scenario in detail, though
from the "my sysadmin just got fired and changed the root password
before he left and now I can't get in" concept. Was your son a bit
disgruntled? ;)

Hope this helps... (and pardon my humor... I have a sick mind)...

AD

On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 11:43, Rippe, Mark (CCI-New England) wrote:
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> sorry but i could not find anywhere else to go.
> i have seen many entrys with sun problems ...........
> so .........
> my son was messing around with my sparkstation 5
> running sunos 5.8
> he somehow managed to blow away all of the passwords
> needless to say, i cannot get into the machine.
> is there a way to get into this machine or do i have to reload?
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> thanks,
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> mark.rippe at cox.com
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> "Don't pay no attention to him.
> He's dumber 'n a bag full 'a hammers"
> 	Ulysses Everett McGill
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