SPARC 10, SunOS 5.5.1, root passwd

From: Lawrence LeMay <lemay_at_cs.umn.edu>
Date: Sat Nov 25 00:37:18 2000

> Lawrence LeMay wrote:
> >
> > Assuming noone has set the prom security password, you could boot the
> > system with a known hardware problem, in an attempt to force the OS to
> > drop you into root. On much older hardware, and prior to sun prom
> > security passwords, the classic method was to unplug the keyboard, power
> > on the system, and when it dropped into root, plug the keyboard back in.
>
> Nicheten worken with post 2.3. (5.2.3). Hardware faults won't get you
> a root session in single user mode unless you're capable of supplying
> the root password (which is fun when the problem is a hosed passwd or
> shadow file).
>

Are you sure it doesnt ask for the Prom password on hardware faults,
instead of root password?

-Lawrence LeMay
Received on Sat Nov 25 2000 - 00:37:18 GMT