Password required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_deny.so Password sufficient /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so use_authtok nullok shadow sha512 Password requisite /lib/security/$ISA/pam_passwdqc.so retry=3 min=disabled,disabled,disabled,7,7 # Change only through host advanced option “Security.PasswordQualit圜ontrol”. To password complexity requirements can be viewed from the /etc/pam.d/passwd file and the default configuration includes:
Pick this as your password: “fpbgpu+urry$znpeb”. Pick this as your password: “ghan+qbpx*perrx”.Įak password: not enough different characters or classes. Password with characters from at least 3 of these 4 classes.Īn upper case letter that begins the password and a digit thatĮnds it do not count towards the number of character classes used.Īlternatively, if noone else can see your terminal now, you can DCUI, vSphere Client.Ī valid password should be a mix of upper and lower case letters,ĭigits, and other characters. Start the password change process by running the following command via SSH or you can use e.g. If trying to change it according to the customer requirements the below is what you’ll see in a SSH connection. The other week i was asked by a customer to change passwords for all service accounts in their environment and this includes but not limited to IPMI admin account, ESXi host root account, Nutanix Controller Virtual Machine (CVM) nutanix account vCenter Server accountīased on existing customer password requirements for ESXi hosts, 16 characters including only lower cases, i was unable to change the root password because it does not meet the password complexity enforced by the ESXi host.