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Old 09-11-2005, 04:42 AM   #1
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Angry 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
 
Old 09-11-2005, 09:16 AM   #2
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Old 09-11-2005, 10:04 AM   #3
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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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