[xcat-user] ESXi passwords

[newellista at gmail.c. (S. Newell)]

That's correct.  No password is required to access ESXi.

Steve

On Aug 18, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Jarrod B Johnson wrote:

> That should set up the esxi guest (2.3 only) to have the password  
> 'password123'.
>
> You are able to get into it without the correct password?
>
> <graycol.gif>Steve Newell ---08/18/2009 12:47:51---I am evaluating  
> xCAT 2.0 for use in configuring and managing our ESXi servers. I  
> have followed the installation instructions to
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> I am evaluating xCAT 2.0 for use in configuring and managing our  
> ESXi servers.
>
> I have followed the installation instructions to modify the password  
> table:
>
> chtab key=vmware passwd.username=root passwd.password=password123
>
> My passwd table looks like this:
>
> [root@xcat-controller ~]# tabdump passwd
> #key,username,password,comments,disable
> "vmware","root","password123",,
>
> My nodelist table looks like this:
>
> [root@xcat-controller ~]# tabdump nodelist
> #node,groups,status,appstatus,primarysn,comments,disable
> "dev-hv1","vmware,hyperv,compute,ipmi","netbooting",,,,
>
> When I reboot this node, it boots up correctly, into ESXi and  
> everything seems correct, EXCEPT, the System Customization screen on  
> the ESXi console shows that the password is not set.
>
> Is this supposed to work? If so, what am I missing? How can I  
> troubleshoot this?
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> Thanks,
>
> Steve Newell
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