Re: Lost root password...
hmm i have been known to transplant a HD from one box into another. to this purpose. with SCSI this is quite easy. you need only halt the box that is giving you troubble, and wire the SCSI bus with the offending drive into a bus on another computer where no id conflicts will arise, then mount the offending drive and fix the shadow file. Apple 600e cdroms work well with all SUNs, and Computer Renaissance sells them for like $50. RH Linux has the "linux 1" at SILO to recover from this, might want to investigate this option. An ounce of prevention and a pound of cure. - Robin-David Hammond KPL 25-8D Van Zant Norwalk CONN USA Gerrold's Laws of Infernal Dynamics: (1) An object in motion will always be headed in the wrong direction. (2) An object at rest will always be in the wrong place. (3) The energy required to change either one of these states will always be more than you wish to expend, but never so much as to make the task totally impossible. On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Ragga Muffin wrote: > To: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Lost root password... > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > "Marko Dinic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > > No, unfortunately I have no Sun instalation disks or CD's and I don't have a > > CD-rom drive. I have a network card build in but I need the adapter to > > ethernet (from the 25 pin port). How would I export my hard drive from the > > bios so I can mount it from Debian? My main workstation is a Intel Debian. > > > > > have probably done that already if that were the case. =) If you have > > > access to another Debian box, you could use it to generate a custom .iso > > > image, or you could mount the hard-drive on another box /w ufs rw support. > > > > I'm willing to try both, I'm unfamiliar with creating custom iso's though. > > By the second option you mean physicly remove the HDD and put it in another > > box (that already has a bootable system)? Or can I just mount it ower the > > network somehow? > > How about netbooting the Sparc ? > Create a minimal nfsroot on your debian box with appropriate daemons, > and then build a sparc kernel that supports sun volume labels > and ufs. > Reboot and mount the sun partition and edit the passwd. > See the debian installation guide for details, it's not very > difficult. > > HTH, > > Ragga > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
Re: Lost root password...
"Marko Dinic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > No, unfortunately I have no Sun instalation disks or CD's and I don't have a > CD-rom drive. I have a network card build in but I need the adapter to > ethernet (from the 25 pin port). How would I export my hard drive from the > bios so I can mount it from Debian? My main workstation is a Intel Debian. > > > have probably done that already if that were the case. =) If you have > > access to another Debian box, you could use it to generate a custom .iso > > image, or you could mount the hard-drive on another box /w ufs rw support. > > I'm willing to try both, I'm unfamiliar with creating custom iso's though. > By the second option you mean physicly remove the HDD and put it in another > box (that already has a bootable system)? Or can I just mount it ower the > network somehow? How about netbooting the Sparc ? Create a minimal nfsroot on your debian box with appropriate daemons, and then build a sparc kernel that supports sun volume labels and ufs. Reboot and mount the sun partition and edit the passwd. See the debian installation guide for details, it's not very difficult. HTH, Ragga
Re: Lost root password...
is your user in the sudoers file? could you sudo su give the user password reset the root from there ? Don www.wizardworkshop.com IM = WizardWorkShop icq = 1130341 >> It's been awhile since I looked at the rescue floppy for potato on sparc, >> but my guess is that the ufs driver on that floppy doesn't include write >> support, which is an experimental option iirc. Do you have Sun >> installation media? you could boot that to change the pass, but you would > >No, unfortunately I have no Sun instalation disks or CD's and I don't have a >CD-rom drive. I have a network card build in but I need the adapter to >ethernet (from the 25 pin port). How would I export my hard drive from the >bios so I can mount it from Debian? My main workstation is a Intel Debian. > >> have probably done that already if that were the case. =) If you have >> access to another Debian box, you could use it to generate a custom .iso >> image, or you could mount the hard-drive on another box /w ufs rw support. > >I'm willing to try both, I'm unfamiliar with creating custom iso's though. >By the second option you mean physicly remove the HDD and put it in another >box (that already has a bootable system)? Or can I just mount it ower the >network somehow? > >Thanks, >Marko > >> >> Brian >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for >> somewhere else.. >>-- R. Buckminster Fuller >> >> > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wizardworkshop.com
Re: Lost root password...
> It's been awhile since I looked at the rescue floppy for potato on sparc, > but my guess is that the ufs driver on that floppy doesn't include write > support, which is an experimental option iirc. Do you have Sun > installation media? you could boot that to change the pass, but you would No, unfortunately I have no Sun instalation disks or CD's and I don't have a CD-rom drive. I have a network card build in but I need the adapter to ethernet (from the 25 pin port). How would I export my hard drive from the bios so I can mount it from Debian? My main workstation is a Intel Debian. > have probably done that already if that were the case. =) If you have > access to another Debian box, you could use it to generate a custom .iso > image, or you could mount the hard-drive on another box /w ufs rw support. I'm willing to try both, I'm unfamiliar with creating custom iso's though. By the second option you mean physicly remove the HDD and put it in another box (that already has a bootable system)? Or can I just mount it ower the network somehow? Thanks, Marko > > Brian > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for > somewhere else.. >-- R. Buckminster Fuller > >
Re: Lost root password...
On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Marko Dinic wrote: > I had a SparcStation 2 (full system) for a while in my closet (dead NVRAM) > and I just got some parts for it so it's back up and running. Now I need to > reset the root password. Ok, that sounds dumb. So, I don't have the cdrom, I > tried booting of a debian floppy (potato rescue for Sparc) and mounting the > sda1 (my first SCSI disk, running Solaris 2.5). The problem is that I can > only mount it read-only. I tried everything from "mount /dev/sda1 /sunhdd" to > "mount -t ufs /dev/sda1 /sunhdd -o w,ufstype=sun". All of the commands mount > it, but mount it read-only. I need write access so I can change /etc/shadow > and delete the password hash. > > Does anyone have any suggestions? I can't seem to figure out what mount > wants. It's weirding me out. > > Regards, > Marko > > PS: Can you include me in the reply for now, I'll be joining the mailing list > shortly. Thanks. It's been awhile since I looked at the rescue floppy for potato on sparc, but my guess is that the ufs driver on that floppy doesn't include write support, which is an experimental option iirc. Do you have Sun installation media? you could boot that to change the pass, but you would have probably done that already if that were the case. =) If you have access to another Debian box, you could use it to generate a custom .iso image, or you could mount the hard-drive on another box /w ufs rw support. Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.. -- R. Buckminster Fuller
Lost root password...
Hello, I had a SparcStation 2 (full system) for a while in my closet (dead NVRAM) and I just got some parts for it so it's back up and running. Now I need to reset the root password. Ok, that sounds dumb. So, I don't have the cdrom, I tried booting of a debian floppy (potato rescue for Sparc) and mounting the sda1 (my first SCSI disk, running Solaris 2.5). The problem is that I can only mount it read-only. I tried everything from "mount /dev/sda1 /sunhdd" to "mount -t ufs /dev/sda1 /sunhdd -o w,ufstype=sun". All of the commands mount it, but mount it read-only. I need write access so I can change /etc/shadow and delete the password hash. Does anyone have any suggestions? I can't seem to figure out what mount wants. It's weirding me out. Regards, Marko PS: Can you include me in the reply for now, I'll be joining the mailing list shortly. Thanks.
