Add Local Admins for VMWare VI3

It’s best practice to leave root disabled for SSH access and instead force admins to use their own account for such actions.

Here’s an example of a quick way to create a local account which can easily be copied into an HP Rapid Deployment Pack package.


groupadd VIAdmins
useradd -g VIAdmins admin1 -p gVROitKfak39s
cp /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.bak
echo “admin1 ALL=(ALL) ALL” >> /etc/sudoers

- Jason Langone

Posted on Jul 9, 02:03 PM by Jason Langone

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