On 20.11.2007, at 19:16, Shawn Walker wrote:
> If the system starts up and requests the password for maintenance mode
> due to a problem (such as a mount failing, etc.) you get prompted for
> the maintenance password. However, even if you enter the correct
> password (for your own account), you just get the prompt again.
> Hitting control-d doesn't have the expected effect either.

Huh. As a Solaris n00b, what I've been using to do superuser things is  
just plain 'su -'. There's still a password on that, and it's not the  
same as the regular account password. So maybe it's asking you for the  
root password, not that of your own account?

With greetings,
   Herbert Snorrason
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