7/21    Is there a way to get root access given (unlimited) access to console
        on a sparc20 box with solaris 2.5.1? The pricks in IS&T are taking over
        a month to fix some things on my desktop machine and I really
        need to take care of several of them to get anything done, at risk
        of pissing off IS&T. Please withhold the "if you don't know how to
        do this, you shouldn't have root anyway" flames; i know how to fix
        what I want fixed, while not fucking up anything else.
              \_ Well, if the other things fail you could try:
                 <DEAD>phrack.infonexus.com/search.phtml?view&article=p53-9<DEAD>
                 I haven't done this, and don't know whether it will work with
                 your model+keyboard. --Galen
                 \_ Thank you kindly. This worked like a charm after
                    a few small corrections (s/1\@/@/g).
                    \_ How do you find the memory address of the process?
                       ps -lp gives me a ? for ADDR
                       \_ It didn't do that for me; make sure you're running
                          /usr/bin/ps though (/usr/ucb/ps, for one, has
                          entirely different flags). If that fails, poke
                          around in /proc/$$/, it's probably visible from
                          somewhere in there (try bytes 0x48-0x4B of
                          /proc/$$/psinfo). Make sure to check the current
                          contents of *(process_pointer)+0x18 first, and see
                          if it matches your current ruid (or risk clobbering
                          something random in memory)
        \_ Boot from CD. -tom
           \_ No CD drive (or floppy for that matter)
                \_It is likely that your box was installed over network and
                  the install server is still acting as boot/install server.
                  In this case you can boot of the network by typing "boot net"
                  from open boot prom. This is equivalent to booting from CD.
                  Of course, this wouldn't work if boot prom is password
                  protected. In this case you might need to swap the prom chip.
                  Though, if your box is also locked then you can't get root
                  without breaking things.
                \_ Borrow a cdrom - the CSUA has a sun-compatible one.
           \_ unless of course they set a prom password, in which case you're
              pretty hosed.
                \_ or swap in a prom.  Or swap in a disk with your favored
                   configuration.  With physical access it's always
                   possible.  -tom
                   \_ Mmm..physical access.. *drool*
        \_ They all say they know how to fix what they want fixed without
           fucking up anything else. Why don't you talk to their manager
           or have your manager talk to their manager? If it's truly
           preventing you from getting work done then it's a big deal and
                                       i'm an intern. it's not _/
           taking matters into your own hands will just mask a problem. Maybe
           IS&T is short-staffed and enough complaints will allow them to
           hire, for example. --dim
           \_ IS around here is absolutely hopeless. Trust me, this is the last
              resort.
              \_ Well, if the other things fail you could try:
                 <DEAD>phrack.infonexus.com/search.phtml?view&article=p53-9<DEAD>
                 I haven't done this, and don't know whether it will work with
                 your model+keyboard. --Galen