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I forgot my root password on my linux vmware. Here are the steps that I do in order to reset it.

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In order to reset root password on Solaris box, you would need to do the following :

1. Go to OK Prompt by:

<stop> + <a>

or

# init 0

2. Once you got the OK prompt, boot into single user mode:

OK> boot cdrom -s

3. Mount the root directory, On a typical system, it’s probably c0t0d0s0 or c0t0d0s1:

# mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1 /

4. Make a copy of /etc/shadow.

# cp /etc/shadow /etc/shadow.backupcopy

5. Edit /etc/shadow file

# vi /etc/shadow

Your /etc/shadow should look like this:
root:<password>::877667

6. Delete the password of the root user (Leave the second field empty, dont change anything else):

root:<password>::877667

edit to

root:::877667

7. Reboot the box
8. Login to root account with no password.