If you have forgotten the root password for a server, how
do you get back in?

Answer Posted / praveen

boot cdrom -s
mount /dev/dsk/cotdos0 /a
cd /a/etc
TERM=vt100
export TERM
vi shadow
//remove passwd field after save the file
cd /
umount /a
init 6

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