Comments on: How to allow the root user to log in to VMware ESX Server with SSH http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/virtualization-pro/how-to-allow-the-root-user-to-login-to-vmware-esx-server-with-ssh/ A SearchVMware.com blog Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:50:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: Embed SSH connections to ESX with console plug-in - Virtualization Pro: A SearchVMware.com blog http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/virtualization-pro/how-to-allow-the-root-user-to-login-to-vmware-esx-server-with-ssh/#comment-49 Embed SSH connections to ESX with console plug-in - Virtualization Pro: A SearchVMware.com blog Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:58:50 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/virtualization-pro/how-to-allow-the-root-user-to-login-to-vmware-esx-server-with-ssh/#comment-49 [...] Installing the console plug-in is straight forward from the ConsoleClientSetup-0.1.5.msi and it is easily added from the plug-ins menu in the VIC. Once added, each ESX host in your inventory will have a new tab called Console that performs in a similar fashion that the Console tab does for virtual machines. The difference is that authentication to the ESX host is passed through the plug-in. This requires that SSH be enabled on the ESX host, and should you wish to use the root login there is a slight configuration to enable root SSH access which is explained here on the ITKE by David Davis. [...]

]]> By: MarcB http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/virtualization-pro/how-to-allow-the-root-user-to-login-to-vmware-esx-server-with-ssh/#comment-7 MarcB Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:11:09 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/virtualization-pro/how-to-allow-the-root-user-to-login-to-vmware-esx-server-with-ssh/#comment-7 Hi David,
I am giving training on ESX and I have found RootAccess from Veeam.com to be a compromise (sort of speak). It is an easy, free and light Windows tool and it can toggle PermitRootLogin if necessary but mostly it eases the creation of users. My students now have no excuse to maintain good audit pratices.

]]> By: ESX 3i is rocking it on the skinny — Server Virtualization Blog http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/virtualization-pro/how-to-allow-the-root-user-to-login-to-vmware-esx-server-with-ssh/#comment-6 ESX 3i is rocking it on the skinny — Server Virtualization Blog Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:27:14 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/virtualization-pro/how-to-allow-the-root-user-to-login-to-vmware-esx-server-with-ssh/#comment-6 [...] This, of course, is excepted when VMWare documentation gives Linux commands to perform tasks, David Davis’ recent blog on enabling SSH and SFTP on ESX is a good example.  By removing that layer, the ESX product is more aligned to what it needs to do [...]

]]> By: Davis420 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/virtualization-pro/how-to-allow-the-root-user-to-login-to-vmware-esx-server-with-ssh/#comment-5 Davis420 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:56:15 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/virtualization-pro/how-to-allow-the-root-user-to-login-to-vmware-esx-server-with-ssh/#comment-5 Hi SLowe,

I completely agree – the proper way is to login as yourself then su to root. Great point!

Thanks for the comment,
David

]]> By: Slowe http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/virtualization-pro/how-to-allow-the-root-user-to-login-to-vmware-esx-server-with-ssh/#comment-4 Slowe Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:39:51 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/virtualization-pro/how-to-allow-the-root-user-to-login-to-vmware-esx-server-with-ssh/#comment-4 David,

I’m sure it goes without saying that allowing root logins via SSH is not considered a security best practice, but this is helpful information for users not familiar with SSH configuration. Over the long term, I imagine you would agree that users should create non-privileged accounts to use with SSH, then use su or sudo once they have logged into the console.

]]> By: Davis420 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/virtualization-pro/how-to-allow-the-root-user-to-login-to-vmware-esx-server-with-ssh/#comment-3 Davis420 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:16:04 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/virtualization-pro/how-to-allow-the-root-user-to-login-to-vmware-esx-server-with-ssh/#comment-3 Very true – Great point – Thanks Rick!

-David

]]> By: Rick Vanover http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/virtualization-pro/how-to-allow-the-root-user-to-login-to-vmware-esx-server-with-ssh/#comment-2 Rick Vanover Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:14:01 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/virtualization-pro/how-to-allow-the-root-user-to-login-to-vmware-esx-server-with-ssh/#comment-2 This also enables SFTP – you can use your FTP client that supports file transfer over SSH to move stuff to the filesystem of the ESX server.

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