If you have forgotten the root password for a server, how
do you get back in?
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Answer / 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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Answer / jsdkar
boot net -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
sync
init 6
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Answer / manoj kumar
go to ok prompt from there
boot cdrom -s
#mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /a
#cd /a
#cd
#vi /etc/shadow
remove the second field which is in encryption form, and
save the file
#umount /a
#boot s
when it boots for single user mode then change the root
password using command
#passwd root
now reboot the system in multiuser mode
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