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Bypass vCenter 6.5 VCSA root password requirements
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Bypass vCenter 6.5 VCSA password requirements.md

Requirements

  • SSH enabled
  • root access

Steps

  • Login to vCenter via SSH then type shell

  • Type in the following command:

vim /etc/pam.d/system-password

  • Comment out the following line:

password requisite pam_cracklib.so

All done! You can now change the root password using the passwd command.

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mav2287 commented Jan 30, 2022

If doing this with 6.7 you need to put the ‘#’ right before the apply to root part at end of that same line. If you try to comment out the whole line it won’t work, but if you just comment out the apply to root part it will.

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