Dear Greg White, >I need to reset a passwd for root on an ultra1. Responce: Turn on the machine When the logo appears, press the top left key in the function block (top left part of keyboard, usually labeled stop) like a shift key and press the "A" key. If you get a ">" prompt, type n to get to an OK prompt at an OK prompt, type boot cdrom boot solaris 2.7 or earlier at the "what is your hostname screen, right click on the desktop and get a terminal window mount the root partition of the real disk to /mnt vi /mnt/etc/shadow remove the root passwd reboot