Pau Lo
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esxi accounts and passwords
with a fresh install of vsphere/esxi, are there a default set of accounts? And are you supposed to do anything with them, i.e. disable stale accounts/unneccesary seeded accounts?
Also as part of the installation do you have to configure passwords for certain default accounts, and do they have to meet any sort of complexity values?
Also as part of the installation do you have to configure passwords for certain default accounts, and do they have to meet any sort of complexity values?
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So all those accounts need leaving alone, you dont have to delete them?
Yes, leave well alone, otherwise, you will break the server security.
does the installation enforce any password complexity rules during the install, or could you set it to pass if you wanted to?
Yes it does See here
Default Password requirements are documented here
Yes, these can be changed, if required, see here
ESX and ESXi 4.x and 5.x password requirements and restrictions
This question is discussing VMware vSphere ESX/ESXi host servers.
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can you add additional accounts to the esxi software if you wanted to? is this common/recommended?
You can, if you so wish, but like with any computer, the more accounts, the more security risk.
It's not common or recommended.
It's not common or recommended.
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does the installation enforce any password complexity rules during the install, or could you set it to pass if you wanted to?