tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71772157012530528632011-04-21T15:47:21.244-07:00I'll share my knowledge about software and Linux. so launch a shipali asghar torabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13776100390263533969noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177215701253052863.post-13668145971875070922008-07-18T09:39:00.001-07:002008-07-18T09:53:33.309-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><ol dir="rtl"><li dir="ltr">boot Solaris machine using boot able CD-ROM or DVD<br /></li><li dir="ltr">select single user option (no 6)</li><li dir="ltr">when startup is completed you can reach / partition via "/a" directory. if that not created use following command to mount it:<br /> mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /a</li><li dir="ltr">open /a/etc/shadow file using vi or other text editors. we want to edit contents of this file so first we change access permissions using this command:<br />chmod 777 /a/etc/shadow</li><li dir="ltr">remove the encrypted password for root entry and save the changes and exit text editor</li><li dir="ltr">reboot the system</li></ol>if you don't want anybody to be able to erase root password you should enable prom password protection using eeprom command.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7177215701253052863-1366814597187507092?l=linukss.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ali asghar torabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13776100390263533969noreply@blogger.com0