10.3 MYSQL Root Password problem..

We are running OSX Server 10.3.9 with the built in MYSQL. Somehow the root password for MYSQL that was set is not working and I am locked out with a 1045 error. I need to know how I go about resetting the ROOT password for MYSQL. as I mentioned, I am using the MYSQL that comes with 10.3.9. I have looked online but the tutorials for resetting the passwords do not work on my version...
Thanks...
-- Dave Hauss

I think by default Solaris uses CRYPT_DEFAULT=__unix__ which limits you to 8 characters.
in order to have more than 8 usable characters in your passwd, then you must use "md5"
CRYPT_DEFAULT=md5
this is located in : /etc/security/policy.conf
I think you may want to change the password length in /etc/default/passwd
PASSLENGTH= (default=6) change it to something of your liking.
be sure to do a little more research on the exact steps, but this is what you are loking for. im just going by memory here.

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Primary Bootstrap.
U-Boot 1.1.4
Custom AST2100 U-Boot 3.0 (Aug 17 2010 - 01:30:05) r58107
DRAM: 119 MB
Flash bank 0 at 10000000 has 32MB in 256 sectors (chipSize 1<<25, ratio 1, bufSz
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VUART1 at port 0x03f8, SerIRQ[4] disabled
VUART2 at port 0x02f8, SerIRQ[3] disabled
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board_findGpioNum(): ERROR, 'BIOS_TOP_BLOCK_LOCK' does not match any pin.
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H/W: Lynxplus Service Processor; SOC: AST2100 Rev. 02 ('A3')
PWC_SP_Broken_OD = 0; ARM restart caused by: power-on
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allowPwrOn=0|0, outOfReset=0, fatalError=0).
Reset straps=0x8c819180, def. H-PLL=264 MHz, CPU/AHB=2:1, boot CS0# normal spe
ed
PCI w/VGA noVBIOS; NOR 38ns/byte; DRAM clock is M-PLL: 264 MHz (DDR2-528)
DRAM: 128MB data - 8MB VGA, 32-bit noECC, 2 BA 10 CA, CL=4 BL=4 ap=1, 61440 us
refr
Board Revision - 8d
Date: 2011-01-19 (Wednesday) Time: 7:04:21
Reading FRUID...Valid CRC.
ethaddr=00:21:28:3D:BD:9A
eth1addr=00:21:28:3D:BD:9B
Net: MAC1 PHY not ready faradaynic#0, faradaynic#1
Enter Diagnostics Mode ['q'uick/'n'ormal(default)/e'x'tended(manufacturing mode)
] ..... 0
Diagnostics Mode - NORMAL
<DIAGS> Memory Data Bus Test ... PASSED
<DIAGS> Memory Address Bus Test ... PASSED
I2C Probe Test - Motherboard
Bus Device Address Result
=== ============================ ======= ======
2 Sys FRUID (U3003) 0xA0 PASSED
2 Power CPLD (U3301) 0x4E PASSED
2 CPU0 Fault LED's (U3001) 0x40 PASSED
2 CPU1 Fault LED's (U3002) 0x42 PASSED
2 PCA9555 (Misc) (U3005) 0x44 PASSED
2 DIMM IMAX (U3102) 0x12 PASSED
6 Bank Panel Led's (U2701) 0xC6 PASSED
6 DS1338(RTC) ( U803) 0xD0 PASSED
6 Temp Sensor1(LM75) (U3011) 0x90 PASSED
6 Temp Sensor2(LM75) (U3012) 0x92 PASSED
6 Temp Sensor3(LM75) (U3010) 0x94 PASSED
I2C Probe Test - Chassis(2U HYDE24)
PDB Board
Bus Device Address Result
=== ============================ ======= ======
1 PCA9548 Mux (U0202) 0xE0 PASSED
1 PDB FRUID (U0203) 0xAA PASSED
1 MAX7313 (U0201) 0x40 PASSED
1 MAX7315 (U1001) 0x46 PASSED
Power Supply 0
BUS Port DEVICE Address Result
=== ==== ==================== ======= ======
1 0 PS 0 FRUID ( - ) 0xAC PASSED
1 0 PS 0 CTRL ( - ) 0x7C PASSED
Power Supply 1
BUS Port DEVICE Address Result
=== ==== ==================== ======= ======
1 1 PS 1 FRUID ( - ) 0xAC PASSED
1 1 PS 1 CTRL ( - ) 0x7C PASSED
Unified Fan Module
BUS Port DEVICE Address Result
=== ==== ==================== ======= ======
1 2 FT 0 FRUID (U0203) 0xAC PASSED
1 2 FT 0 MAX7313 (U0201) 0x42 PASSED
1 2 FT 0 ADT7462 (U0202) 0xB8 PASSED
1 3 FT 1 MAX7313 (U0501) 0x42 PASSED
1 3 FT 1 ADT7462 (U0502) 0xB8 PASSED
24 Disk Backplane
BUS Port DEVICE Address Result
=== ==== ==================== ======= ======
1 4 BP MAX7313 ( U8) 0x44 PASSED
1 4 BP FRUID ( U6) 0xAC PASSED
LSI Daughter Card
BUS Port DEVICE Address Result
=== ==== ==================== ======= ======
1 4 EXP FRUID ( U07) 0xA0 PASSED
1 4 EXP Tmp Sens ( U04) 0x98 PASSED
1 4 EXP PCA9538 ( U10) 0xE6 PASSED
1 4 EXP EMP570 ( U05) 0x50 PASSED
Connector Board
BUS Port DEVICE Address Result
=== ==== ==================== ======= ======
1 4 CONN FRUID ( U05) 0xA2 PASSED
<DIAGS> PHY #0 R/W Test ... PASSED
<DIAGS> PHY #0 Link Status ... FAILED
MAC1 PHY not ready <DIAGS> ETHERNET PHY #0, Internal Loopback Test ... RX error
status = 0xB00905C0
FAILED
No data received
<DIAGS> USB 1.1 Test ... PASSED
<DIAGS>Access to BIOS Flash ... PASSED
<DIAGS> Testing PowerCPLD version ... PASSED
checking for abnormal reboots: 0:0.
abnormal reboot found -- too long, ignore
Booting linux in 3 seconds...
Un-Protect Flash Bank # 1
flctrl: Recovery U-Boot (r58107) at 0x10040000 is valid (min. r51654).
flctrl: Current U-Boot is not the main one.
bootpkg: Not safe to boot ILOM (stat=1). Check Preboot "vers" command,
then reload ILOM ("net flash") as needed.
ILOM Pre-boot Menu
Type "h" and [Enter] for a list of commands, or "?" [Enter] for
command-line key bindings. Type "h cmd" for summary of 'cmd' command.
Idle time-out is disabled. Set 'bootretry' to enable it.
This is Recovery U-Boot. Use "vers all" to check flash images.
Preboot> vers all
Main ILOM image at 0x100a0000:
Service Processor Firmware
Version = 3.0.9.27, for SP type 52
Date ='Tue Aug 17 01:54:07 EDT 2010', Build ='r58107'
Name ='sysbios'
uboot @0a0000 OK, kernel @102000 OK, root @20d684 OK,
sysbios @c9b6c4 OK, pwrseq @d51aa2 OK, pbsw @d6096c OK
coredump @1500000 8192 KiB, persist @1d00000 2048 KiB, params @1f00000 1024
KiB
Recovery firmware and data:
Normal U-Boot at 0x100a0000:
Date ='Aug 17 2010', Build ='r58107'
uboot @0a0000 OK
Recovery U-Boot at 0x10040000:
Date ='Aug 17 2010', Build ='r58107'
uboot @040000 OK
Primary Bootstrap build: r52205
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hi All,
we are experiencing problem,lost root password on Solaris 10 Sparc T5120, with mirror root,
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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*
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*/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]
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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
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boot-device format
disk c0t0d0 or c0t3d0 (machine dependent)
disk1 c1t0d0
disk2 c0t2d0
disk3 c0t3d0 or c0t0d0 (machine dependent)
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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.
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** /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s0
** last mounted on /
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needing repair. If there are, there is a possibility of a corrupted root filesystem. After fsck is finished, mount the root partition:
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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:
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It looks like this:
root:c3.yAVmYodWsc:6445::::::
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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!

Reset lost root password and now have read only filesystem

Hello,
I have recently had to reset a locked root password by booting from cdrom, mounting the first boot disk, editing the shadow file to remove root's password and rebooting the system.
The system has booted OK but, I now have a read only filesystem - everything in / cannot be edited, passwd doesnt work etc.
df -k shows the root (/) filesystem has been mounted on the physical disk I edited:
Filesystem kbytes used avail capacity Mounted on
/pci@83,4000/FJSV,ulsa@2,1/disk@0,0:a 10085836 185862 9799116 2% /
but in the vfstab it still references the disksuite metadevice:
#device device mount FS fsck mount mount
#to mount to fsck point type pass at boot options
/dev/md/dsk/d30 /dev/md/rdsk/d30 / ufs 1 no -
So, can I simply boot from CDROM again, amend the vfstab to be /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 (instead of /dev/md/dsk/d03) and reboot?
Any help with this is appreciated!
Thanks,
Emma

df -k should have shown root mounted on md0
e.g. on my machine
# df -k
Filesystem kbytes used avail capacity Mounted on
/dev/md/dsk/d0 8260691 4366317 3811768 54% /
what does /etc/system show for rootdev?
# grep rootdev /etc/system
* rootdev: Set the root device. This should be a fully
* rootdev:/sbus@1,f8000000/esp@0,800000/sd@3,0:a
rootdev:/pseudo/md@0:0,0,blk
Remember if this is a mirrored drive, when you boot from CD you may need to mount both sides of the mirror and make changes on both sides- otherwise the replication may not goes as expected.
Actually, I have run into problems with the modifying one side of a mirror this way. In the past Sun tech support would recommend that I break the mirror and then rebuild it once the system is up and running. So in your case you may want to boot from CD, mount the 1st disk slice, edit /etc/vfstab AND /etc/system, boot into the OS and use the various meta commands to delete and rebuild the mirror- or at least maybe to drop and reattach the 2nd 1/2 of the mirror.

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?
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