Remotely Granting Shell access to Root
Grant Shell access to Root
By default, ROOT no longer has the ability to SSH into the ESX server.
This can be re-enabled for ease of administration. If you are at the console, skip directly to the PUTTY commands.
| Add Service Account User via VI Client | Add Temp Service Account with Shell Privilege. |
| PUTTY to 172.27.32.111
Log in as our temp VMService account and type su – and the ROOT password. |
Type nano –w /etc/ssh/sshd_config Find PermitRootLogin no and add # |
| Restart sshd by typing service sshd restart |
Remove Temp VMService Account |