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| cmfafaf 2004-01-23, 4:41 pm |
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Hi Chris,
What happen if I've a solaris 5.7 server w/ a ps2 keyboard connector
only (that mean I can't use sun keybroad), what kind of command i should
use for the procedure to login to single user mode?
Your help is appreciate.
--Michael
Originally posted by Chris Watkins
quote:
> Indi Krishnan wrote:
quote:
[QUOTE][color=darkred]
> 7 platform and
quote:
> again.
quote:
[QUOTE][color=darkred]
[QUOTE][color=darkred]
>
quote:
> First I'd check that nobody is still logged in as root, as it would
> make your
quote:
> life a bit easier. If they are, you can just do # passwd root and be
> done with
quote:
> it, I imagine.
quote:
>
quote:
> If not, and you guys really can't remember the pass, it's going to
> involve a system
quote:
> reboot into single user mode. (And possibly a nasty halt, if nobody
> besides root has
quote:
> shutdown permissions)
quote:
>
quote:
> From single user, you'll be able to edit your password file. Just
> remove the second
quote:
> field from root's entry in /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow or wherever your
> real password
quote:
> file is. Very little Solaris experience here... I've seen a couple ;)
quote:
>
quote:
> root:X9EDJKLJFSLKJF:0:0:::: (where the second field is the encrypted
> password.)
quote:
> Delete everything between the first and second colons. root::0:0::::
> <-Like this.
quote:
> There will be things in other fields, but don't worry about that at
> this time. The
quote:
> second field is password.
quote:
>
quote:
> Reboot into single user mode again. Use passwd to change the root
> password, and
quote:
> *remember* it ;) Carry on.
quote:
>
quote:
> If you need more specifics, perhaps someone with more experience on
> Solaris than me
quote:
> will come along. Or try a google search. I admit I don't even know how
> to boot a
quote:
> sparc machine into single user mode, myself. But if you know how to
> get into single
quote:
> user, and you know where your shadow password file is, the above
> will work.
quote:
>
Chris "but I can do it on hpux" Watkins
--
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| Hubert Feyrer 2004-01-23, 4:41 pm |
| cmfafaf <member2245@mcse.ms> wrote:quote:
> What happen if I've a solaris 5.7 server w/ a ps2 keyboard connector
> only (that mean I can't use sun keybroad), what kind of command i should
> use for the procedure to login to single user mode?
I don't know, but on the Cybex KVM here, I can first press Scroll-Lock (or
whatever that's called on US keyboards - it's "Rollen" on my keyboard and
is two keys right of F12), then press F1+A together.
- Hubert
--
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| Hubert Feyrer 2004-01-23, 4:41 pm |
| cmfafaf <member2245@mcse.ms> wrote:quote:
> What happen if I've a solaris 5.7 server w/ a ps2 keyboard connector
> only (that mean I can't use sun keybroad), what kind of command i should
> use for the procedure to login to single user mode?
I don't know, but on the Cybex KVM here, I can first press Scroll-Lock (or
whatever that's called on US keyboards - it's "Rollen" on my keyboard and
is two keys right of F12), then press F1+A together.
- Hubert
--
___ _ _ _ _ * Harddisk Image Cloning *
/ __| | || | | | www.feyrer.de/g4u/
| (_ |_ _| |_| |
\___| |_| \___/ v1.12 out now, including partition support!
| |
| Trent Curry 2004-01-23, 4:42 pm |
| Hubert Feyrer wrote:quote:
> cmfafaf <member2245@mcse.ms> wrote:
>
> I don't know, but on the Cybex KVM here, I can first press
> Scroll-Lock (or whatever that's called on US keyboards - it's
> "Rollen" on my keyboard and is two keys right of F12), then press
> F1+A together.
>
>
> - Hubert
>
> --
> ___ _ _ _ _ * Harddisk Image Cloning *
> / __| | || | | | www.feyrer.de/g4u/
> \___| |_| \___/ v1.12 out now, including partition support!
That would be Scroll-Lock then:
[F9][F10][F11][F12] [Prt Scr/Sys Rq][Scroll Lock][Pause/Break]
^^^^^^^^^^^
--
Trent Curry
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| Trent Curry 2004-01-23, 4:42 pm |
| Hubert Feyrer wrote:quote:
> cmfafaf <member2245@mcse.ms> wrote:
>
> I don't know, but on the Cybex KVM here, I can first press
> Scroll-Lock (or whatever that's called on US keyboards - it's
> "Rollen" on my keyboard and is two keys right of F12), then press
> F1+A together.
>
>
> - Hubert
>
> --
> ___ _ _ _ _ * Harddisk Image Cloning *
> / __| | || | | | www.feyrer.de/g4u/
> \___| |_| \___/ v1.12 out now, including partition support!
That would be Scroll-Lock then:
[F9][F10][F11][F12] [Prt Scr/Sys Rq][Scroll Lock][Pause/Break]
^^^^^^^^^^^
--
Trent Curry
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| cmfafaf 2004-01-23, 4:52 pm |
|
Hi Chris,
What happen if I've a solaris 5.7 server w/ a ps2 keyboard connector
only (that mean I can't use sun keybroad), what kind of command i should
use for the procedure to login to single user mode?
Your help is appreciate.
--Michael
Originally posted by Chris Watkins
quote:
> Indi Krishnan wrote:
quote:
[QUOTE][color=darkred]
> 7 platform and
quote:
> again.
quote:
[QUOTE][color=darkred]
[QUOTE][color=darkred]
>
quote:
> First I'd check that nobody is still logged in as root, as it would
> make your
quote:
> life a bit easier. If they are, you can just do # passwd root and be
> done with
quote:
> it, I imagine.
quote:
>
quote:
> If not, and you guys really can't remember the pass, it's going to
> involve a system
quote:
> reboot into single user mode. (And possibly a nasty halt, if nobody
> besides root has
quote:
> shutdown permissions)
quote:
>
quote:
> From single user, you'll be able to edit your password file. Just
> remove the second
quote:
> field from root's entry in /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow or wherever your
> real password
quote:
> file is. Very little Solaris experience here... I've seen a couple ;)
quote:
>
quote:
> root:X9EDJKLJFSLKJF:0:0:::: (where the second field is the encrypted
> password.)
quote:
> Delete everything between the first and second colons. root::0:0::::
> <-Like this.
quote:
> There will be things in other fields, but don't worry about that at
> this time. The
quote:
> second field is password.
quote:
>
quote:
> Reboot into single user mode again. Use passwd to change the root
> password, and
quote:
> *remember* it ;) Carry on.
quote:
>
quote:
> If you need more specifics, perhaps someone with more experience on
> Solaris than me
quote:
> will come along. Or try a google search. I admit I don't even know how
> to boot a
quote:
> sparc machine into single user mode, myself. But if you know how to
> get into single
quote:
> user, and you know where your shadow password file is, the above
> will work.
quote:
>
Chris "but I can do it on hpux" Watkins
--
Posted via http://mcse.ms
| |
| Hubert Feyrer 2004-01-23, 4:52 pm |
| cmfafaf <member2245@mcse.ms> wrote:quote:
> What happen if I've a solaris 5.7 server w/ a ps2 keyboard connector
> only (that mean I can't use sun keybroad), what kind of command i should
> use for the procedure to login to single user mode?
I don't know, but on the Cybex KVM here, I can first press Scroll-Lock (or
whatever that's called on US keyboards - it's "Rollen" on my keyboard and
is two keys right of F12), then press F1+A together.
- Hubert
--
___ _ _ _ _ * Harddisk Image Cloning *
/ __| | || | | | www.feyrer.de/g4u/
| (_ |_ _| |_| |
\___| |_| \___/ v1.12 out now, including partition support!
| |
| Trent Curry 2004-01-23, 4:52 pm |
| Hubert Feyrer wrote:quote:
> cmfafaf <member2245@mcse.ms> wrote:
>
> I don't know, but on the Cybex KVM here, I can first press
> Scroll-Lock (or whatever that's called on US keyboards - it's
> "Rollen" on my keyboard and is two keys right of F12), then press
> F1+A together.
>
>
> - Hubert
>
> --
> ___ _ _ _ _ * Harddisk Image Cloning *
> / __| | || | | | www.feyrer.de/g4u/
> \___| |_| \___/ v1.12 out now, including partition support!
That would be Scroll-Lock then:
[F9][F10][F11][F12] [Prt Scr/Sys Rq][Scroll Lock][Pause/Break]
^^^^^^^^^^^
--
Trent Curry
| |
| cmfafaf 2004-01-23, 5:07 pm |
|
Hi Chris,
What happen if I've a solaris 5.7 server w/ a ps2 keyboard connector
only (that mean I can't use sun keybroad), what kind of command i should
use for the procedure to login to single user mode?
Your help is appreciate.
--Michael
Originally posted by Chris Watkins
quote:
> Indi Krishnan wrote:
quote:
[QUOTE][color=darkred]
> 7 platform and
quote:
> again.
quote:
[QUOTE][color=darkred]
[QUOTE][color=darkred]
>
quote:
> First I'd check that nobody is still logged in as root, as it would
> make your
quote:
> life a bit easier. If they are, you can just do # passwd root and be
> done with
quote:
> it, I imagine.
quote:
>
quote:
> If not, and you guys really can't remember the pass, it's going to
> involve a system
quote:
> reboot into single user mode. (And possibly a nasty halt, if nobody
> besides root has
quote:
> shutdown permissions)
quote:
>
quote:
> From single user, you'll be able to edit your password file. Just
> remove the second
quote:
> field from root's entry in /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow or wherever your
> real password
quote:
> file is. Very little Solaris experience here... I've seen a couple ;)
quote:
>
quote:
> root:X9EDJKLJFSLKJF:0:0:::: (where the second field is the encrypted
> password.)
quote:
> Delete everything between the first and second colons. root::0:0::::
> <-Like this.
quote:
> There will be things in other fields, but don't worry about that at
> this time. The
quote:
> second field is password.
quote:
>
quote:
> Reboot into single user mode again. Use passwd to change the root
> password, and
quote:
> *remember* it ;) Carry on.
quote:
>
quote:
> If you need more specifics, perhaps someone with more experience on
> Solaris than me
quote:
> will come along. Or try a google search. I admit I don't even know how
> to boot a
quote:
> sparc machine into single user mode, myself. But if you know how to
> get into single
quote:
> user, and you know where your shadow password file is, the above
> will work.
quote:
>
Chris "but I can do it on hpux" Watkins
--
Posted via http://mcse.ms
| |
| Hubert Feyrer 2004-01-23, 5:07 pm |
| cmfafaf <member2245@mcse.ms> wrote:quote:
> What happen if I've a solaris 5.7 server w/ a ps2 keyboard connector
> only (that mean I can't use sun keybroad), what kind of command i should
> use for the procedure to login to single user mode?
I don't know, but on the Cybex KVM here, I can first press Scroll-Lock (or
whatever that's called on US keyboards - it's "Rollen" on my keyboard and
is two keys right of F12), then press F1+A together.
- Hubert
--
___ _ _ _ _ * Harddisk Image Cloning *
/ __| | || | | | www.feyrer.de/g4u/
| (_ |_ _| |_| |
\___| |_| \___/ v1.12 out now, including partition support!
| |
| Trent Curry 2004-01-23, 5:07 pm |
| Hubert Feyrer wrote:quote:
> cmfafaf <member2245@mcse.ms> wrote:
>
> I don't know, but on the Cybex KVM here, I can first press
> Scroll-Lock (or whatever that's called on US keyboards - it's
> "Rollen" on my keyboard and is two keys right of F12), then press
> F1+A together.
>
>
> - Hubert
>
> --
> ___ _ _ _ _ * Harddisk Image Cloning *
> / __| | || | | | www.feyrer.de/g4u/
> \___| |_| \___/ v1.12 out now, including partition support!
That would be Scroll-Lock then:
[F9][F10][F11][F12] [Prt Scr/Sys Rq][Scroll Lock][Pause/Break]
^^^^^^^^^^^
--
Trent Curry
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