Reset vmware esxi 6 root password2/14/2023 ESXi does not have a service console and as such traditional Linux methods of resetting a password, such as single-user mode do not apply. Any other method may lead to a host failure or an unsupported configuration due to the complex nature of the ESXi architecture. Reinstalling the ESXi host is the only supported way to reset a password on ESXi. The official stance that VMware has taken on this can be found in knowledge base article 1317898, and at the time of writing, it states the following: You are trying to log on to your ESXi host, and for some reason your root password isn’t working anymore. ![]() ![]() ![]() It shouldn’t happen, but most folks I’ve spoken to have run in to this at some point in time.
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