Disable root password expiry on vCenter

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Home > VMWare platform > VMWare vCenter > Disable root password expiry on vCenter

To disable password expiry on vCenter Very important for VxRail / vCF automated environments use:

  1. Login into vCenter via SSH and get access to bash shell by typing 'shell' in appliancesh prompt.
    OR we can open vCenter VM console via vCenter / ESXi host and login with root username and password
  2. Change existing password (if required) via: 
    passwd
    If vCenter remembers last 5 passwords and forces you to set new password, you can change password 4-5 times so that finally we can set old password again.
  3. Disable aging of root password via: 
    chage -M 9999 root
    

    chage -l root
  4. If login is not working try to reset failed login count via: 
    pam_tally2 -u root -r


We can also disable password expiry via options in https://<ip-or-fqdn>:5480/ appliance management interface. But this should be done before password expiry. After password is expired we may only have option of using console to reset password.



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