[rescue] Lost Password

[Curtis H. Wilbar Jr.]

Ummm... there isn't any way to do this from the OpenBOOT ROM....

But since it is SunOS 4.x, just interrupt the boot, and boot with
the -s paramter (b -s).

That will boot single user... then make sure / is mounted read/write...
if not, then mount -o remount,rw / should do the trick.  Then depending
on if you want to use vi, etc you may need to fsck and mount /usr.

After fixing up the /etc/passwd file, sync and reboot.

-- Curt

>Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 22:37:15 +0200
>From: Mark Leicher <mark at df4pa.de>
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>Subject: [rescue] Lost Password
>
>Hi,
>
>I'm expecting a 4/110 this weekend running SunOS 4.0.3
>without any passwords. It is not very sportsmanlike to
>mount the disk on another Sun or boot from CD/tape/net
>since there is a way to access the filesystem and change
>/etc/passwd from the monitor/rom. I remember that I did
>the trick in 1993 on a 3/160 and that the suns-at-home
>mailing list told me how to do it. Could anyone please
>check the archives and tell me how the procedure went?
>
>
>Best wishes from Kiel,
>
>Mark.
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