How to reset root password if root password is gone?
Answer Posted / kishore devkate
Boot the server from cdrom steps below.
at the Ok Promt
1) Ok>boot cdrom -s :to boot in the single user mode
you will get #(has) prompt
#
2) mount the root file system on /a directory
i,e
#mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /a
3) remove the encrypted passwd from the /a/etc/shadow file
then save the file
i,e
#vi /a/etc/shadow
remove the root user encrypted passwd
:wq!
4) reboot the server
i,e
#init 6
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