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09-11-2005, 04:42 AM
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Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Distribution: Redhat Linux 7.2,Redhat Linux 8.0,Redhat Linux 9.0
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Sun SPARC station 5
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
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09-11-2005, 09:16 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2001
Posts: 24,149
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Moved: More suitable in our Solaris forum.
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09-11-2005, 10:04 AM
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Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Outside Paris
Distribution: Solaris 11.4, Oracle Linux, Mint, Debian/WSL
Posts: 9,795
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Boot on a cdrom with a Solaris bootable CD, mount the / filesystem somewhere and remove root's password from the /etc/shadow file.
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