Changing zone password..??

Question

Hi all,,
I got a problem which looks simple...but i found no solution for it in internet search...The problem is
I created a zone in my system few days back...and now i forgot the password of it...and i am not able to change it using passwd ..as it considers the zonename as username and giving an error message as "user unknown",Permission denied..
I thought we can change by 2 methods...
1) As a root we can change using zlogin again for the zone.{{.but zlogin will ask for whole configuration only at the time of installation of zone..}}
2)Secondly, same as breaking password for root...i thought to do breaking zone password,,, but i didn't found any entry of zone password in /etc/passwd or shadow files..
I request all the readers to suggest a solution...
Thanks in advance...

Answer 1

If you are logged in as root, zlogin zone_name should give you a root login. From there, a simple passwd command allows you to update root's password.
((Edit fix)) Oops, it's zlogin zone_name that works without a passwd ;-)
If that doesn't work, the following does it with a sledgehammer.
1) From the global zone... Copy the zone's password, shadow, group files...
cd `zonepath`/root/etc
cp passwd passwd.old
cp shadow shadow.old
cp group group.old
2) Copy the global zone's passwd, shadow and group file. This will synchronize your user files.
cp /etc/passwd .
cp /etc/group .
cp /etc/shadow .
Then you should be able to log in to your zone with the current zone's root password.
1) If you need to, you can then move the ".old" versions of the passwd shadow and group files.
# zonename
Make sure the command comes back with the name of the local zone. If it comes back global you aren't logged into the zone.
2) Manage your ID files
# cd /etc
# cp passwd passwd.gz
# cp shadow shadow.gz
# cp group group.gz
# mv passwd.old passwd
# mv group.old group
# mv shadow.old shadow
3) Change root's passwd on the local zone
# passwd root
THere you go.
Edited by: John.Kotches on Mar 10, 2008 3:02 PM