No default project!

Hi,
I have SunOS 5.9 machine and I cannot log into it even with the root account. When I supply a valid password, it displays:
No default project!
and prompt for login again.
A QA who worked on this box told me that he did uninstall of a program and might have accidentally removed /etc/project directory...
I'm new to Solaris and in need of help solving this problem. Is this fixable somehow or do i need to re-install the system?
Thanks for your help in advance.
tsuka01

First of all, its not windows. There are ways to do and fix things without re-installing the O/S.
With your problem, you can boot the system from cdrom in single user mode and mount the filesystem then touch a file under /etc called project. Copy paste the following in that file and unmount the filesystem. Reboot the server back to multiuser mode and try to login again.
Here is what you need in your /etc/project
system:0::::
user.root:1::::
noproject:2::::
default:3::::
group.staff:10::::
Thanks,
Sharif Rizal

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Hi Anil,
I changed the as suggested by you ..
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Still I it is null..
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[40]:PROCEDURE:[xxcep.oracle.apps.ap.oie.entry.accounting.webui.XxcepAllocationsHGridC26]:After getting expAllVO.getCurrentRowIndex() :-1
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Now save as Disk Image on your desktop. Leave it there for the moment when it has finished/appeared.
Open your Movies Folder. Create a new folder. Name it PROJECTNAME – TS FILES (where ‘projectname’ is the name of your project!). Close the folder. You can of course call it anything you like, but htis aids identification.
Now double-click the disk image on your desktop. It contains two folders: AUDIO_TS (which is empty, but please pretend that it isn’t) and VIDEO_TS. Drag and drop these to the folder you created in your Movies Folder. (This takes a moment).
Click on the AUDIO_TS folder and go to Get Info in the file menu. Right down the bottom is where you have to change the permissions. Under ‘Ownership & Permissions’ change this from Read Only to Read & Write. Click the small triangle next to Details, scroll down and click on Apply to enclosed items. You will be asked for your root password. When this has completed (fairly fast, as that folder was empty!), click on the VIDEO_TS folder and do the same. This takes a moment longer, as that folder is full of goodies with which you should not otherwise interfere! Close the Projectname-TS Files folder. You have now allowed yourself to change the properties of the contents of those folders, which leads us to the next all-important step.
Open myDVDedit. Go to File and open the projectname TS Files folder. By all means stare at it shock and awe, but don’t bother finding out what it can do, except for the following:
Top left you fill see a list of files. Lower centre you have a large window. On the vertical menu to the left of that, click IFO.
In the window at the top left, ignore ‘First Play’ (if there was anything to correct in that, myDVDedit will have done so and told you).
Click on VMG Menu en (English). Now the whole thing springs to life.
Set Coding Mode to MPEG-2
Set Standard to PAL
Set Aspect to 16:9 (not any of the other options)
Now save the file.
Click on VTS Menu 1 en (English) and repeat as above.
Click on VTS 1 and repeat as above.
You have now permanently ‘fixed’ the entire contents of the TS folder (the disk image) in 16:9 aspect. Close myDVDedit – you won’t need it again until the next project!
If you have Toast 7 Titanium, open it. ‘Select DVD-Video from VIDEO_TS’. Choose Select from the main Toast window and select your projectname-TS Files folder. You are now ready to burn! You can set the burn speed (2x recommended) before the burn commences. Allow Toast to verify the burn before you eject the DVD-R disk.
If you don’t have Toast 7, then I assume you can burn the projectname-TS Files folder (disk image) via Disk Utility. I say ‘assume’ only because I have never tried it that way.
Either way, you now have a DVD which will play as 16:9 widescreen on any TV set, even the old ones where you can’t ask it to letter-box.

Flex default project location

Flex 3 / OS X 10.5 - Is it possible to change the default location for Flex projects somewhere in the preferences? I want to make this an external hard drive and can't seem to find a way.

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