Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 02:35:43 +0000 (GMT) From: Kris Kirby <kris@catonic.net> To: Crist Clark <crist.clark@globalstar.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net> Subject: Re: su change? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104040232400.94241-100000@spaz.huntsvilleal.com> In-Reply-To: <3ACA2471.A5AF44AD@alum.mit.edu>
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On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Crist Clark wrote:
> Ummm... This page says,
>
> 7.My Sun is in full-security mode (can't even boot without password)
> and I don't know the EEPROM password. How do I fix this? (Replace chip)
>
> "Replace chip." You know a trick? I'd be curious. I had an admin do
> this once ('course, with our Sun contract, a tech replaced the chip
> the same day, no big deal).
Smashing ^C like a mad monkey once SunOS starts over the com-console (no
keyboard) is another...
^C^C^C^C #
# fsck -p
# mount -a
# eeprom (-flags to change password)
Then reboot, remove the security (since you now know the password). I
honestly didn't think IPXs would be *that* easy to break into...
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Kris Kirby, KE4AHR | TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said.
<kris@nospam.catonic.net> |
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