CMS Solaris is Locked

[MQH12]

Hello - I am trying to get into the Sun server with the root & password. When I go to the terminal it says Server locked by root. Enter password to unlock. I tried to enter the password, but nothing was typing. I hit a few F1's etc to see if something would come up, but nothing. I was gonna reboot, but I wanted to ask you all first before we rebooted. Anyone had this issue before? What am I missing?
Yes I was using the correct keyboard.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.

 

[suitz]

What model Sun Server are you using? The enterprise servers (E3500) had a key that when put into the correct position would lock the server. Just a though but something to look for.

 

[MQH12]

The actual box is a Sparc Enterprise T5120. I still can not get the password to take. The curser just sits there and will not type anything. Waiting to hear.

 

[4merAvaya]

Try dialing into the modem port and logging in as root. Do a 'who -u' and look for the process ID for the root login on the console port. type 'kill -9 [process ID]'. That should log root off of the console.

If you can't get in with the root password from the modem, call Avaya. They have a backdoor login (root2). Have them reset the root password. You will have to pay for the reset.

Kevin

 

[SF0751]

You've probably already done this; but have you unplugged the keyboard and plugged it back in?

Susan
You can have it all. You just can't have it all at once.

 

[MQH12]

We did try the unplug keyboard thing. May have to log in thru the modem as suggested. Ill let you know.