Grant Shell access to Root
By default, ROOT no longer has the ability to SSH into the ESX server.
This can be re-enabled for ease of administration. If you are at the console, skip directly to the PUTTY commands.
Add Service Account User via VI Client
| Add Temp Service Account with Shell Privilege.
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PUTTY to 172.27.32.111
Log in as our temp VMService account and type su - and the ROOT password. | Type nano –w /etc/ssh/sshd_config Find PermitRootLogin no and add #
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Restart sshd by typing service sshd restart
| Remove Temp VMService Account
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