Re: [osol-discuss] root pw

2011-01-22 Thread Scott Rotondo
On 1/22/11 1:24 PM, john g4lt wrote: The proper answer here is "there isn't a root password, root is a role" Yes, root is a role, meaning you can't log in directly. But it still has a password, which you must provide when you assume the root role (after logging in to an account that is author

Re: [osol-discuss] root pw

2011-01-22 Thread Bayard Bell
It's a preferred answer, as you may want to access root as role as frequently as possible, but not one that fits every use case. Root as a role doesn't take care of situations like single-user, does it? On 22 Jan 2011, at 21:24, john g4lt wrote: > The proper answer here is "there isn't a root p

Re: [osol-discuss] root pw

2011-01-22 Thread john g4lt
The proper answer here is "there isn't a root password, root is a role" On 1/4/11, Deric Kwok wrote: > Hi > > I forget the pw root. > > How can I change it? > > ls there single user mode as linux when booting? How > > Thank you > ___ > opensolaris-discu

Re: [osol-discuss] root pw

2011-01-22 Thread Bayard Bell
Just to answer the basic question for anyone who might read this thread down the line, booting from the network requires that you have infrastructure set up so that the machine can get an IP address and information about where to find a kernel and filesystems served by the network. Historically

Re: [osol-discuss] root pw

2011-01-07 Thread Edward Martinez
> > > If you need to login as "single user" and -e can be > used instead of an -s without needing to delete > things (this way worked on my install). > > Regards > Edward Please disregard line above. must be Southern California air quality that is affecting my thinking;-) what i meant was y

Re: [osol-discuss] root pw

2011-01-07 Thread Edward Martinez
> Hi > > Thank you so much. This is so useful info > > Can I ask what is boot server / booting from the > network in this url? > > ls it the original installation CD? or specific CD I > need to download > > My opensolaris is on top of vmware > > I put the installation CD in DVD rom but it only

Re: [osol-discuss] root pw

2011-01-07 Thread Deric Kwok
Hi Thank you so much. This is so useful info Can I ask what is boot server / booting from the network in this url? ls it the original installation CD? or specific CD I need to download My opensolaris is on top of vmware I put the installation CD in DVD rom but it only shows the GRUB from origi

Re: [osol-discuss] root pw

2011-01-04 Thread Cindy Swearingen
Hi Deric, If you boot into single-user mode, you will be prompted for the root password or another privileged user so you need to boot from alternate media like the installation CD. Try the steps listed here: http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Troubleshooting_Guide Recover from

Re: [osol-discuss] root pw

2011-01-04 Thread Edward Martinez
On 01/04/11 13:47, Deric Kwok wrote: Hi I forget the pw root. How can I change it? ls there single user mode as linux when booting? How Thank you ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org some more help:

Re: [osol-discuss] root pw

2011-01-04 Thread Edward Martinez
On 01/04/11 13:47, Deric Kwok wrote: Hi I forget the pw root. How can I change it? ls there single user mode as linux when booting? How Thank you ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org http://blogs.sun.com/o

[osol-discuss] root pw

2011-01-04 Thread Deric Kwok
Hi I forget the pw root. How can I change it? ls there single user mode as linux when booting? How Thank you ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org