chage -M 90 root #change password every 90 daysĬhage -M -1 -E -1 root #disable password expiration for root user Set password policy over GUI If you want to change the password policy settings over the vCenter appliance CLI you can connect over SSH to the appliance and use one of the following commands. If you have activated the desired service you can connect to you appliance. Now go to the menu “Access” and activate the desired console you want to connect to. Go to your appliance over port 5480 with your browser and log in there. This is necessary to establish the connection. To do that, you have to activate the service on you appliance to be able to connect. Set password policy over CLIįirst option to edit the password policy is the CLI. When vCenter is installed, password change for local users is defined by default policy.ĭefault Policy: When you install the vCenter Server Appliance, the password lifetime for root user is set to 365 days ( vCenter 6.5 or earlier) or 90 days ( vSphere 6.7). Configure the password lifetime policy of your vCenter Now you can reboot your appliance and login with your new root password. Now you will be prompted to enter your new password for the root user and repeat this again.
To reset the password you can enter the following command: “passwd”. The appliance will now boot directly into the shell.
Then hit Control+X to boot the appliance. Now add the following parameter “rw init=/bin/bash”. Now you will be presented with the option to customize the Photon OS startup options. Now restart the application and press the “e” key while booting.
To reset the password of the root account, you have to go to the console of the vCenter. Edit password policy for Single Sign-On.Configure the password lifetime policy of your vCenter.
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