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You have to use the install media to boot the system.<br />
Then drop into the shell.<br />
One in the shel, you have to know what the setup was on the system:<br />
Did it use individual partitions or did it use metadevices.<br />
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<a href="http://sunsolarisadmin.blogspot.com/2007/03/how-to-reset-root-password-in-sun.html" rel="ugc">http://sunsolarisadmin.blogspot.com/2007/03/how-to-reset-root-password-in-sun.html</a><br />
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echo &quot;&lt;password&gt;&quot; | perl -e '$test=&quot;$_&quot;';chomp($test);<wbr />print &nbsp;scalar crypt($test,&quot;f4&quot;).&quot;\n&quot;;'<br />
The result is the encrypted password you provided which you can enter into the old shadow file.<br />

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You have to use the install media to boot the system.
Then drop into the shell.
One in the shel, you have to know what the setup was on the system:
Did it use individual partitions or did it use metadevices.


http://sunsolarisadmin.blogspot.com/2007/03/how-to-reset-root-password-in-sun.html [http://sunsolarisadmin.blogspot.com/2007/03/how-to-reset-root-password-in-sun.html]

echo "<password>" | perl -e '$test="$_"';chomp($test);print  scalar crypt($test,"f4")."\n";'
The result is the encrypted password you provided which you can enter into the old shadow file.


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Hi i am getting this message when I am booting the Solaris machine.<br />
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Type control-d to proceed with normal startup,<br />
(or give root password for system maintenance):<br />
ENTER RUN LEVEL (0-6, s or S) [3]:<br />
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INIT: Cannot create /var/adm/utmpx<br />
Unfortunately the last admin guy left and I don't have the root password to do fsck -y<br />
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can someone help me to fix this issue?
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Hi i am getting this message when I am booting the Solaris machine.

Type control-d to proceed with normal startup,
(or give root password for system maintenance):
ENTER RUN LEVEL (0-6, s or S) [3]:

INIT: Cannot create /var/adm/utmpx
Unfortunately the last admin guy left and I don't have the root password to do fsck -y

can someone help me to fix this issue?

Solaris won't boot

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