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


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