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ESXi 6 - Locked out of Root User

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Created by FreeSoftwareServers on Mar 13, 2017

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ESXi 6 can lock out the root account!

Thankfully, I had SSH RSA Key access and was able to reset lock via the following:

pam_tally2 --user root --reset

https://www.v-front.de/2015/04/watch-out-esxi-60-introduces-root.html#comment-form_2127296835731031878

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