Change the Root
Password
You can change the root password for
any
VMware Aria
Operations
primary or
data node at any time by using the console. Verify that the root password
for the appliance meets your organization’s corporate password complexity
requirements. If the account password starts with
$6$
, it uses a sha512 hash. This is the standard hash
for all hardened appliances.
The root user passes the
pam_pwquality
module password complexity check, which is found in
/etc/pam.d/system-password
. All hardened appliances activate
enforce_for_root
for the pam_pwquality
module,
found in the /etc/pam.d/system-password
file. The system remembers
the last five passwords by default. Old passwords are stored for each user in the
/etc/security/opasswd
file. - Run the# passwdcommand at the root shell of the appliance.
- To verify the hash of the root password, log in as root and run the# more /etc/shadowcommand.The hash information appears.
- If the root password does not contain a sha512 hash, run thepasswdcommand to change it.