[mdlug] Vmware ESXi 6.x root password lost

[Gib]

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1317898

On Sun, Feb 26, 2023 at 9:57 AM Carl T. Miller <carl at carltm.com> wrote:

> If this happened to me and I felt like a cowboy, I'd
> just run the SystemRescue iso on a  ventoy usb,
> then either clear root's password or make another
> user with UID 0.  As I recall, ESXi is based on Red
> Hat, so it should work.
>
> If I wanted to be sure, I'd install ESXi 6.x in a vm
> and test before doing it for real.
>
> c
>
>
> On 2/26/23 10:48 AM, Gmail-otakurider wrote:
> > Any one know of non-destructive way to change the root password on
> > VMware ESXi 6.x all in one system? The past support person left and no
> > ones knows the proper passwords.  Doing some google searches, I get
> > conflicting ways to do it (from simple boot and set to single user
> > mode and change, to reinstall the host system files).  Sadly machines
> > running as guests have bad habits of taking long time to become stable
> > after a reboot (I am talking hours before stable connections, very old
> > systems and no one want to pay to update or move them), so its only
> > gonna be a one time deal and want to do this when have the correct
> > steps. Sadly I have no test hardware, or I would try all the ways I
> > have found to find one that does work.
> >
> >
> > Thanks
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