As for security standards, passwords should be kept in a secure vault, and admins should have access to them. Sometimes however passwords are getting lost or admin can get some environment handed over with no passwords. In those articles, I describe how to recover a root password for VCSA and PhotonOS. Today I will show…
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Photon OS, resetting root password.
This procedure can be done on all VMware appliances running Photon OS. #PasswordReset #Root Reboot you appliance After the Photon OS starts, press the e key to enter the GNU GRUB Edit Menu Locate the line that begins with the word Linux Append these entries to the end of the line: rw init=/bin/bash Press F10 to…
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