Solaris root password & installer

I have installed oracle solaris 11 exp, but :
I have difficulties finding root password, have tried solaris & my user password but it's not going,
during the installation I have used solaris passwrd for the partition manager and it worked, but no later,
I also would like to ERASE ALL PASSWORDS of the system, ... give password, give password, give password, it gives you a headache,
and by the way, do I have to buy an application installer or I have with the package?
thank in advance,
max.

root is a role by default in Solaris 11, so i don't think it actually have a password, or am i wrong here? You can set a password by running pfexec passwd rood from the user who you created as an administrative user..
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Solaris root password is working with extra char/chars appended with it

Dear forum,
In our production server, I can login as root with extra char appended end of the actual password
Exmaple:
Suppose my password is `hello123`
But during login all below combinations are working and allowing to login
hello123*456*
hello123*4*
hello123*hello*
That is, login is not checking further chars after the exact macth with the actuall pass.
1) But why?
2) How to prevent this.... any file need to change /etc/default
NB:
Dear Nik if you are reading this post... please reply
Edited by: Myth on Jan 29, 2012 10:28 PM

It might be worth to note that you will get the crypto algorithm which is defined in /etc/security/crypto.conf
The default of the crypto.conf is:
1 crypt_bsdmd5.so.1
2a crypt_bsdbf.so.1
md5 crypt_sunmd5.so.1
5 crypt_sha256.so.1
6 crypt_sha512.so.1.. if you set CRYPT_DEFAULT in policy.conf to "md5", you will use the crypto algorithm crypto_sunmd5.so.1, if you set CRYPT_DEFAULT to "1" you will get crypt_bsdmd5.so.1.
Its also worth to notice that the default in Solaris 11 is
CRYPT_DEFAULT=5
i.e "crypt_sha256.so.1".
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How to recover sun solaris 10 password

i have install virtual machine some day back and set password for user name root. today when i try to login on that machine i forget the password.what should i do in order to recover the password for root.

Use Google:
keywords "+solaris root password+"
See more than 4000 search results.
Alternative?
Start all over again and reinstall the OS from the beginning.

Root password on solaris FPGA "fast-boot"

I tried to boot opensolaris on FPGA in maintenance mode using "boot -m milestone=none" but it required root password which isn't mentioned in any documentation I looked at. Does anyone know what the password is or what it might be by default?
Also, the DV guide mentions that adding programs can be done by mounting the program to the file system. This, however, requires root access to a sparc machine which I don't have. Some other users have tried ftp-ing executables.this would require ftp-ing these executables everytime the system is restarted. Any other solutions or suggestions? I am thinking about mounting a compact flash card to the file system and accessing my executables from there. The problem is I don't know how to mount devices to the file system. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

877531 wrote:
All,
please Type sudo root
Password is ovsroot
Even i had the same problem.. Finally its not oracle or something, it is "ovsroot ".
And this password is for solaris 11 express edition virtual machine package..I think this will confuse the original poster, who was asking about the LiveCD USB image, not the VirtualBox appliance image. These are two different things. You and Tony are correct with regard to the VirtualBox appliance image user and root passwords, as documented in the OTN readme:
http://download.oracle.com/otn/solaris/express/README.txt
However, the original poster downloaded and booted from the LiveUSB, which operates out of RAM, not the harddrive. It is used for a fresh installation of Solaris 11 Express, as well as for trying out and running the OS without touching the harddrive. As Sadiq mentioned in his post, some commands require the root role, which is in the Solaris 11 Express Getting Started guide:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19963-01/html/820-7799/explore.html
The previous answers are correct: The password is "solaris" for the LiveCD/LiveUSB environment.
-- Alan

Root password fails on auth to Solaris Management Console Server

I've setup Solaris 10 x86 on a VA linux 1220 server, all is good so far except when I try to create additional users. I am logged in as root, and the root password logs in to the CDE, but fails on authentication to Solaris Management Console Server when I try to use any of the management apps like computers and networks or Users. So I'm stalled at the point where I should be configuring the system. I have been very careful about typing in the password exactly as I use it in the login screen, but it never works in the System Management tools for This Computer. The password I'm using is 26 characters long, is it too long? Or is there a step I'm missing?
Thanks,
Brian

One of my famous guesses, but unless you changed the default password algorithm the maximum length of your password is 8 characters, when logging in on the console or desktop, anything typed after those eight characters will be ignored (unless this behaviour changed very recently).
Its possibly that SMC, and its server component WBEM does not ignore the extra characters, which could cause this behavior.
What happens if you try and login to SMC with the root user and only the first eight characters of your password?
Btw, if this was the problem i think there is a way to change the default crypto algorithm to something that supports more characters.
.7/M.

Root Password after Solaris 11 Autoinstall?

So this would normally be a simple thing since according to the docs, the default root password is "solaris" but it seems doesn't work after I reboot my newly installed solaris 11 system.
I even tried reinstalling, and logging in while it installed and changing the password to something simple but even that doesn't work.
What is odd that during the autoinstall, I can log in as root with the solaris password but after the system is rebooted(after fully installing) the root password doesn't appear to work.
Am I supposed to set a root password in the manifest that would be used for the fully installed system?
Thanks for any help!

I figured out the problem. I completely forgot I had set up a system configuration profile and I set the root role password in it.

Solaris 8, no root password, no login

During install I got a message like 'could not write /etc/passwd, is locked', I still continue the install, then after a while the install asks for the second software disk, this one is not recognized, so I skip it. Then after rebooting the system, it asks for a login and password, so I enter root en give my password. No way, it won't comply. So I try changing the /a/etc/passwd file (it seems to be the new environment), for instance by adding a line test::::: , so no password should be asked, this also does not work. Removing de root password from the passwd file does not work either. So, who can help me loggin in into the system without a root password, on a Linux machine this is no problem in stand-alone mode no password is asked. Booting with the b -s option gets you into the stand-alone or service mode. This is my last try, then I will throw Sun away......
PS. My system is fully recognized by the install software. No problem there.
Thanx....

Did you remove the 2nd entry in /etc/shadow file?
Each entry in the shadow file has the form:
username:password:lastchg:min:max:warn:inactive:expire:flag
Thanks
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Lost root password Can't get in to reset.........Ultra 5/10 Solaris

Just bought an Ultra 5 Sun desktop at the thrift store. This thing is brand new and was still in the box. Fired it up and come to find, it has never even been configured so I did so myself. I entered a User name and then followed that with setting up a new password for the first time. The system reboots on it's own and goes to a point asking for my Name and then password. Only problem is the password will not even type into the bar that requests it. Do I need to reset it and if so how?

Hi, boot with single user mode using cmd boot cdrom -s,then use passwd cmd to change root password.if it doesn't work.mount your root slice as /a,then edit /etc/shadow file and delete root passwd entry.I hope this tip fix your problem. : )

Root password expired - not your typical case

Hello everyone,
I apologize for asking what is a very FAQ, but I am unable to find an appropriate answer anywhere on the interweb.
The facts of my unfortunate situation are:
1. I am a newbie in the SA world.
2. I am even more of a newbie in the Solaris world.
3. I am administering a Production Database system on Solaris 9.
4. Within the last couple days the root password expired.
5. When I attempt to login at the console as root, I receive the following message. "Roles can only be assumed by authorized users."
It seems to me that root ought to be authorized to login to the console.
I've read that I can boot from the CD to resolve this issue, but the system in question has the CD drive disabled. If only I could figure out how to login to the console as root, I'm sure that it would let me update the password, but I don't know how to work around the "Roles can only be assumed by authorized users" issue.
Please help!
Thanks in advance for your assistance. It is greatly appreciated.

Well, I've learned an awful lot in the process of trying to resolve this issue. I'm still not there, but I'm getting close.
I have done a ton of research on the net, and I am unable to find any specific detailed instructions on how to fix the root password expired issue. So, I figured I would paraphrase what I believe are the detailed steps to be taken. If you see an error in my logic, or my syntax please let me know, as I will be beginning this process soon.
So, we have RBAC or Role Based Access Control on the Solaris 9 box, and the root password has expired. This is a pretty annoying situation to be in, but it can be fixed easily enough.
First, we'll want to gracefully shutdown all the processes which are currently running on the system. This is accomplished by executing the following command which will put the system into single user mode:
init -1
Determine where your root file system (e.g. c1t0d0s0) is located by typing the following command (you'll want to make note of the result):
/etc/vfstab
Next, we need to access the EEPROM. Before doing this, you should do execute the following command to see if your EEPROM is password protected.
eeprom |grep security
Look for the line that reads "security-mode=" If security mode is set to "none" or "none-secure" you're golden, proceed with the next step. If security mode is set to "command" "command-secure" "fully" or "fully-secure" you want to make sure you have your EEPROM password, otherwise you'll be in worse shape than when you started.
Assuming that you either have the EEPROM password, OR the system is set to "security-mode=none" you can proceed to the EEPROM prompt by pressing the following key combination:
Stop + A
You should now have an OK> prompt. Insert the Solaris 9 Installation CD into the CDRom drive. At the prompt type the following command to boot from your CD rom:
boot cdrom -sw
Once the boot sequence is complete, execute the following command to mount your root filesystem.
mount /dev/dsk/<root filesystem device file> /mnt
Once you have mounted the root file system, you will need to change the /etc/user_attr file to allow console access by root. Open /etc/user_attr with your editor of choice. On the line beginning with root::::type=role; etc etc change the setting type=role to type=normal and save the user_attr file.
Enter the following command to go back to the OK prompt:
halt
Then enter boot -s to reboot your system. You should now be able to login to the console with root, which will allow you to update your password. Once you have done so, do an init -3 to bring the user back up to the standard mode of operation.
Thanks again Jeffery for your help in this matter. I hope to have this situation resolved soon, but I want to make sure that all my ducks are in a row before I start playing Russian Roulette with my server. Does the above walkthrough sound accurate? Is there anything that I have misuderstood or overlooked?

Root Password Problem

Hi ,
I am new to solaris . I installed the solaris 10 (beta 7) on P-111 machine. I start installation with Intractive installation but after 1 cd complition , OS reboots but no GUI. I tried 2-3 times.
After that i choose the option Jump start and installation completes. During the installation root password was not asked.
After installation ,when i login it just ask user not for password.
I can login in CDE session but not able in Java Desktop Environment.
Now I want to add user with the help of "Solaris management console" utility. But it ask for Root password.
Now please guide me how i can choose the Root password and how i can login in the Java desktop environment.
Regards
Gorayen

You can set your password with the passwd command

Root password

I may have erased my root password now I try to install but it does not work. after mounting /dev/dsk/c0d0t0s0 /mnt I do cd /mnt. then I type the terminal and do vi. but it said that the terminal is unknown and also I can access shadow to delete the password. what do i do wrong? If somoene know the step please let me know.
Thanks

Hi there,
I do not know how you lost your root passwd but the following is are the steps to recover the root passwd if you have wrongfully
change the shell for the root. I am sure you can use the same steps for your purpose.
Question:
Some root users like to manually change the shell of account root. The most possible mistake is to simply change the default shell "/sbin/sh" to "/sbin/ksh". Thereafter, you will fail to log on the root because of the error of "No shell".
To fix the problem, the only way is to change root shell from /sbin/ksh to /usr/bin/ksh in /etc/passwd. Since the /etc/passwd is owned by root and you can not log on as root any more, so how to solve the problem ?
The problem is caused because the user does not know there are no other shells but Bourne Shell in /sbin. Therefore the system can not find /sbin/ksh and you fail to log on the root because of "No shell".
/sbin/sh is a hard copy under root (/) file system to make the system usable even before the file system /usr is mounted. It is very useful for system maintenance.
Below is the solution for Solaris Sparc/Intel platform respectively.
Caution: This solution can be also used to break into a system to alter security sensitive files, only authority persons can use it. Any damage caused is under your own responsibility.
For Solaris Intel platform:
1. Note down the root file system, e.g., /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0
2. Insert installation CD
3. Reboot the system
4. Press ESC at the Press ESCape to interrupt autoboot in 5 seconds prompt.
5. Press the F2 key (F2_Continue) at the Solaris Device Configuration Assistant
screen.
6. Press the F2 key (F2_Continue) at the Identified Devices screen.
7. Select the CD-ROM drive as the boot device from the Boot Solaris screen,then press the F2 key (F2_Continue).
8. Type b -s at the Select the type of installation: prompt.
9. Mount the root file system to /a. E.g.,
# mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /a
10. Modify /etc/passwd to correct the mistake by
vi /a/etc/passwd, then change /sbin/ksh to /usr/bin/ksh in root entity
11. Unmount the /a directory and reboot the system.

Lost root password on Ultra2

Lost root password on Ultra2 Sun system and do not know the procedure to recover. I do not have any other accounts to login as. I do have installation media and do not know the procedure to boot it to try and recover that way. Solaris 2.5.1

This is a procedure I wrote up to recover roots password, give it a try. Test between the brackets are the commands you enter (without brackets).
Ritchie
1) Place the solaris software disk into cdrom drive.
2) Change machine state to PROM hardware level: [ init 0 ].
You should then see an OK prompt.
3) Boot from cdrom to single user mode: [ boot cdrom -s ].
Should eventually see a # prompt.
4) Mount the disk drive as filesystem a: [ mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /a ].
5) Change to the a directory: [ cd /a ].
Look for the etc directory by issuing an ls command: [ ls ].
6) Switch to the etc directory: [ cd etc ].
7) Set up the machine to be able to use the vi editor by defining the terminal type for the shell:
[ TERM=vt100;export TERM ].
8) Edit the shadow file: [ vi shadow ].
a) Delete everything between the first : and the second : , which will be the encrypted password
for root.
b) Save the file: [ :wq! ].
9) Reboot the machine: [ init 0 ].
You should be at the OK prompt again.
10) Issue command to boot machine: [ boot ].
11) When CDE environment appears login as root leaving the password field blank if prompted.
12) Establish a terminal session using "this host"
13) Issue command to change the password: [ passwd ]. Confirm new password.
Now root will have the new password the next time you login.

How to Delete and Reset a Lost Root Password on a System With a Mirrored ??

hi All,
we are experiencing problem,lost root password on Solaris 10 Sparc T5120, with mirror root,
and we found the solution from Metalink.oracle.com, has anyone have try this??
here list capture the file system :
Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on
*/dev/md/dsk/d10 2.0G 349M 1.6G 18% /*
*/dev/md/dsk/d40 9.8G 563M 9.2G 6% /usr*
*/dev/md/dsk/d30 9.8G 1.4G 8.4G 15% /var*
*/dev/md/dsk/d50 7.9G 310M 7.5G 4% /opt*
*/dev/md/dsk/d600 3.8G 4.3M 3.8G 1% /home*
*/dev/md/dsk/d602 471M 20M 404M 5% /app/controlm*
*/dev/md/dsk/d601 471M 251M 173M 60% /app/ctsa*
*/dev/md/dsk/d604 4.9G 1.1G 3.8G 23% /app/oramon*
*/dev/md/dsk/d603 20G 11G 8.2G 58% /app/oracle*
*/dev/md/dsk/d606 39G 10.0G 29G 26% /proj/iprdb01/orafra/iprod01p*
here the step :
Solstice DiskSuite[TM] Software: How to Delete and Reset a Lost Root Password on a System With a Mirrored Root Disk [ID 1010755.1]
Solution
Steps to Follow
How to delete and reset a lost root password on a system with a mirrored root disk.
1) Insert the Solaris[TM] Operating System CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
2) Once the CD-ROM is in the drive, perform a stop-a. This brings the system down to the "ok" prompt.
3) From the "ok" prompt, perform a single-user boot from the Solaris OS CD-ROM.
ok boot cdrom -s4) At the "#" prompt, determine which disk is the system's boot disk (containing the root file system). There are several Oracle architectures and various configurations of systems when it concerns a boot disk. As a general rule, most boot disks are attached to controller 0 (c0). Usually, their SCSI target is
either 3 (t3) or 0 (t0). However, Oracle machines are very flexible, and the boot disk could be at a different location. If you are not sure which disk is your boot disk, perform the following steps to determine the location of the boot device:
a) # eeprom boot-device
The output might appear to be simple, such as "disk" or "disk1" or more complicated, such as a pathname "/iommu/sbus/espdma@4,8400000/...../sd@3,0:a".
b) Make note of the boot-device. If the boot-device is a pathname, it is beyond the scope of this information to provide the location of the customized boot disk. However, for most configurations,
finding the customized boot disk is an easy task. The "Format" command shows all available disks:
#format
Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
(enter its number): c) Enter d to exit format.
Now, you will have an idea what disks are on the system. Therefore, if the boot-device is "disk" and format shows "c0t0d0" (on some systems "c0t3d0") then that is the boot device. If boot-device
shows "disk1" and format shows "c0t1d0," then that is the boot device. If format shows multiple disks, then based on what the "eeprom boot-device" command shows, the system's boot disk would be:
boot-device format
disk c0t0d0 or c0t3d0 (machine dependent)
disk1 c1t0d0
disk2 c0t2d0
disk3 c0t3d0 or c0t0d0 (machine dependent)
and so on ....
5) Because the system was not brought down gracefully (no root password means having to use the Stop-a keystroke to "crash" the system), you need to run "fsck" to clean the root partition (slice). The fsckalso confirms that you selected the proper slice.
# fsck /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s0
where the X and Y are determined by the previous procedure. It is also possible to have a root partition which is not on slice 0 (s0), but, again, that is not a standard configuration.
The output of "fsck" looks like this:
** /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s0
** last mounted on /
** Phase 1 .....
The second line in the output of "fsck" ("** Last mounted on /") confirms that this is the correct root filesystem partition. Answer "y" to any questions fsck asks. There shouldn't be too many items
needing repair. If there are, there is a possibility of a corrupted root filesystem. After fsck is finished, mount the root partition:
# mount /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0 /a
Again, X and Y are the same as for the fsck command.
For example:
# mount /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0 /a
6) From the root prompt, set the proper TERM type command (such as vt100, dtterm, sun, and so on)
by entering this command:
# TERM=sun; export TERM
7) Use the VI text editor to edit the /etc/shadow file:
# vi /a/etc/shadow
8) The first line of the /etc/shadow file is the one you want to modify.
It looks like this:
root:c3.yAVmYodWsc:6445::::::
9) Delete every character between the first and second colons in the first line of the file. When you finish deleting the characters, the line should look like this:
root::6445::::::
10) Press the Escape key, then enter the following to save the file and exit vi:
:wq!
11) Use the VI text editor to edit the /etc/system file andremove the "rootdev" line shown below:
# vi /a/etc/system
*rootdev:/pseudo/md@0:0,0,blk
Don't comment out the "rootdev" line. Actually remove it.
12) In the /a/etc/vfstab file, replace the lines for the system filesystem meta-devices with their underlying partitions. For example, change lines from
/dev/md/dsk/d0 /dev/md/rdsk/d0 / ufs 1 no -
to
/dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0 /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s0 / ufs 1 no -
ONLY change the lines for root (/) and the filesystems that were affected by the actions you took in step 1 of this procedure. All other metadevices may stay as is in this file.
13) Unmount root, check the root filesystem, and then stop the system:
# cd /
# umount /a
# fsck /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s0
# stop-a
14) Boot to single-user mode:
ok boot -swTHIS STEP IS VERY IMPORTANT; YOU MUST BOOT TO SINGLE-USER MODE TO AVOID FILESYSTEM CORRUPTION.
If the system does not boot to single user mode, you might have made a mistake in the previous steps.
15) Because the root password was cleared in an earlier step, press Return when prompted for the the root password. Once you are in single-user mode, you must clear the metamirrors and all the sub-mirrors for the root filesystem. For example, if root (/) is d0, run the following command:
# metaclear -f -r d0
Running the metaclear command not only clears the metamirror but also clears the submirrors that are part of this mirror.
16) When the metamirror is cleared, continue the boot up to multiuser mode by either pressing CTRL-D or by entering the following:
# exit
Now everything should be as it was, except that the system partition is on the underlying partition and isn't mirrored. You will simply need to re-create the metadevices for the root mirror as you had originally.
many thanks

Hi,
Halt your machine.
Boot with fail-safe mode.
format and list out the disks. (You can get the root & mirror disk (c#t#d#) details from /etc/lvm/md.tab of your root or mirror disk. Earlier explorer output may help)
Mount the root disk and remove the password entry in /etc/shadow
umount it.
Mount the mirror disk and remove the password entry in /etc/shadow
umount it.
reboot the server.
Hope this helps!

[SOLVED] Need to change root password - current one doesn't work

Hey everybody,
Not sure where to put this, so I apologize if it's in the wrong forum.
I just installed Arch on my Dell netbook and all is well, except for issues with the root password. I am having a great deal of difficulty getting it to work. I know for a fact that I am typing it correctly. However, I did have trouble getting it set during the installation. When I try several times, I have gotten it to work, but I am getting tired of having to do that, and now I can't seem to get it to work at all. I have even tried a different keyboard, but with no luck.
Is there any way to change the root password short of a reinstall?
Thanks in advance for any help, but please keep in mind that I am relatively new to Linux and would greatly appreciate detailed instructions.
Jeff
Last edited by jlr1701 (2010-08-12 04:10:50)

Solved. Should anyone else have this issue, I solved it by entering this command:
sudo passwd root
I set a new password and it seems to work fine.
Didn't know if it was possible to change the root password that way, but glad it worked!

Root Password Recovery Question

Hello all,
I have a question regarding root password recovery in Solaris 10.
The Server is a Sun Fire T1000; it has no CD-Rom drive, as well as no USB ports. One of our data architects who is the main user of this server has locked himself out of root (he also never created any other user accounts).
Now I know normally for root password recovery you use the solaris cd to boot into single user mode to take care of this but that's not an option currently. I was wondering if there is a way to put the hard drive as a slave in another Sun Fire T1000 server and then mount it and modify the shadow file removing the encrypted password. I've done this in other Linux OS's and it has worked but I didn't know about Solaris.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as it is for a project my company is working on and they have a presentation coming up in around 4-5 weeks.
Thank you!
-Mike

Well I tried making the locked out hard drive a slave on another server of the same type. But I couldn't seem to mount it, I even tried the "touch /reconfigure; init 6" to reconfigure devices but it just didn't seem to find it. I tried mounting everything in /dev/dsk but nothing was successful.
Anyone have any other suggestions on commands that might work?
I put a purchase order in for a USB to SATA converter, and got a hold of a different Sun server which has USB ports but no SATA, only IDE. As soon as I get it i'm going to try to mount it like a USB external hard drive. I believe when mounting USB it doesn't care if it's a jump drive or a external hard drive it should still mount it correctly. Hopefully this will allow me to modify the shadow file.
Thanks in advance if anyone has any other suggestions.

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