Sorry, I sent this to the wrong alias initially... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Getting access to a SPARC box which is refusing logins Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:59:58 -0400 From: Bob Doolittle <[email protected]> To: caiman-install at opensolaris.org
Hi folks, >From time to time in my development testing a situation will arise where logins are screwed up (I had such a situation this weekend after simply doing a "beadm create/activate" but finally discovered that the root password had somehow reverted and I was able to log in). With an x86 machine I can always resort to LiveCD and mount the root partition to trouble-shoot. But what about SPARC? Can an AI server be utilized to do this somehow (without, of course, reinstalling the OS)? I'm particularly talking about headless, serial-console SPARC machines (is there a LiveCD for SPARC machines with graphics consoles?). Alternatively, without GRUB can one boot an alternate BE? Can they be listed/selected from OBP somehow? Thanks, Bob
