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by **Kurt Ramsde** » Fri, 25 Sep 1998 04:00:00

We have several Sparc 2's that were given to us and they have PROM passwords
on them. I'm trying to re-install: how do I reset those passwords?

Thanks in advance,
Kurt

by **Stephen Hinche** » Fri, 25 Sep 1998 04:00:00

Kurt,

If you can login as root you can use the "eeprom" command to either
reset the password or turn the password off.

To reset the password the command is eeprom security-password=<CR>
and you will be prompted for the new password.

To turn off prom passwords the command is eeprom security-mode=none

> We have several Sparc 2's that were given to us and they have PROM passwords
> on them. I'm trying to re-install: how do I reset those passwords?

> Thanks in advance,
> Kurt

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by **(Mike** » Wed, 07 Oct 1998 04:00:00

I'm in the same situation and I don't have root access, what can I do?

Thanks,
Mike

On Thu, 24 Sep 1998 18:38:30 -0700, Stephen Hinchey

>Kurt,

>If you can login as root you can use the "eeprom" command to either
>reset the password or turn the password off.

>To reset the password the command is eeprom security-password=<CR>
>and you will be prompted for the new password.

>To turn off prom passwords the command is eeprom security-mode=none

>> We have several Sparc 2's that were given to us and they have PROM passwords
>> on them. I'm trying to re-install: how do I reset those passwords?

>> Thanks in advance,
>> Kurt

SparcStation 2 PROM Password