Re: Breaking in from the monitor at the console

[barnett () alydar crd ge com (Bruce Barnett)]

> That works for systems running SunOS-4.x, but what about Solaris machines?


My Solaris 2.3 SPARC-10 system doesn't have a /dev/eeprom.

it has a /dev/openprom but strings doesn't find anything.


> From the manual page:
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openprom(7)               Special Files               openprom(7)



NAME
     openprom - PROM monitor configuration interface

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/fcntl.h>
     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <sundev/openpromio.h>

     open("/dev/openprom", mode);

DESCRIPTION
     The  internal  encoding  of  the  configuration  information
     stored in EEPROM or NVRAM varies from model to model, and on
     some systems the encoding is "hidden" by the firmware.