Sun 386i root directory passworded! Help!

Jeffrey A. Sullivan jasst3 at cisunx.UUCP
Fri Jul 1 08:03:52 AEST 1988


I am in charge of setting up our new Sun 386is.  I put one up and got it
running but need to edit the /etc/hosts, and passwords and clock, but I can't
get into the root directory to do so!

I tried logging in from the boot screen as "root" with no password, with
the domain name as the password, and with the machine name as password.
I tried su with no account and with root as the account in all of the
above permutations.  I have had a call in to Sun for a few days, but we
can't hook up, as I am seldom in my office.  How the heck to I get into
the root to make everything better?  Help!

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Jeffrey Sullivan			  | University of Pittsburgh
jas at cadre.dsl.pittsburgh.edu		  | Intelligent Systems Studies Program
jasper at PittVMS.BITNET, jasst3 at cisunx.UUCP | Graduate Student



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