Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Recover the root password

How to recover the root password on an ESX 3.x host in single user mode

Reboot the host.
At the ESX boot menu, highlight the Service Console Only mode and press the A key.
Type a space followed by the world 'single' and hit enter.
At the bash prompt, type the command 'passwd' to reset the root password.
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1317898
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