On Thu, 2008-07-24 at 04:37 -0700, Varuna Seneviratna wrote: > How can I log on as root, what is the password?Where can I find it.I > just got a LiveCD 2008.05 DVD today, I am brand new to solaris and I > am using LiveCD to boot OpenSolaris
You can't login as root - root is not a normal account on 2008.05 - it's an RBAC role instead. If you're using the LiveCD, you can login as 'jack' with password 'jack'. The to run any program under the root role, do "pfexec <name of program" You might find it useful to have a read of http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/IPS/roadmap.html which should explain everything you need to know. [ in particular, read http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/IPS/login.html about the default user and root role ] > Pls Note: My need is to connect to the Internet.When I searched the > forum archive I got to read some posts instructing to logon as root > first of all and execute the command "ifconfig -a" then to go back and > post the result. "pfexec ifconfig -a plumb" probably, or "su root" cheers, tim