On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:32:06 PST Scott <scottmoelker at gmail.com> wrote:
> First of all, it's put in a new GRUB menu that doesn't recognize
> Ubuntu, so I can't get back into my old system until I download a
> new Ubuntu livecd and re-install GRUB.
Not surprising to see ON is following GNU/Linux in following windows
in not recognizing other OS's installs and frying the boot for
them. Not good, but not surprising.
> Except that in Opensolaris, I can't edit system files as a mere user.
I've never seen any system that had even vague claims of security that
would allow you to do that.
> I can't log in as root, for some reason, and unlike Ubuntu I can't
> sudo my way into the file.
This is OpenSolaris, *not* Ubuntu or GNU/Linux. Root no longer exists
as a user (unless someone put it back); it's now a role (a concept
that most/all GNU/Linux distros don't have).
> Please, can someone tell me how to fix this thing? How do I get sudo
> (best option) or root access to my own computer?
I'd say your best option is to learn how to use the facilities of
OpenSolaris rather than how to get the ones that you're used to from
other operating systems working. This isn't a GNU/Linux box; it's an
honest-to-ritchie Unix system (remember what GNU stands for!). Wanting
to use sudo on OpenSolaris is sorta like wanting to use regedit on
Ubuntu.
In any case, the magic command should be "pfexec". Use it like sudo
(i.e. "pfexec vi ....."). Failing that, you can use the "su" command,
and googling for default root password and your distribution name
should turn up the appropriate password to use.
<mike
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