Sun SPARC station 5

aronnok · 09-11-2005, 04:42 AM

I have found a Sun SPARC 5 on my server room. It has a OS, but i dont have its password. Can any one of you please tell me how can i break password of that SuN? Or if not possible, which version of *nix should be appropriate for it? And also from where can i download the distro suggested! ( If you suggest!! )

Here is my configuration.

Sun SPARC station 5

SunOS Release 5.7 System V Release 4.0
64MB Memory (2/6 slots)
HDD 2 GB (2 pieces)
CD-ROM
Built in Network Interface Card
Keyboard
Mouse
Monitor 17”

Thanx In advance

trickykid · 09-11-2005, 09:16 AM

Moved: More suitable in our Solaris forum.

jlliagre · 09-11-2005, 10:04 AM

Boot on a cdrom with a Solaris bootable CD, mount the / filesystem somewhere and remove root's password from the /etc/shadow file.