Those Root’s Run Deep – Create a Second Root Account on ESX

http://professionalvmware.com posted a blog post titled Those Root’s Run Deep – Create a Second Root Account on ESX (
http://professionalvmware.com/2008/12/10/those-roots-run-deep-create-a-second-root-account-on-esx/ )

I thought this went with my eariler blog on how to add a user with root access via the client.

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Found this in VMware’s KB 1005278

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[root@esx root]# passwd root2

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Thanks
http://professionalvmware.com
Full post here
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