- Open the ESX Console (press Alt-F1)
- Login as root
- Edit ssh_config:
nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config- Change the line:
PermitRootLogin no- to:
PermitRootLogin yes- Exit and save changes
- Restart the sshd service:
service sshd restart
Sunday, 31 January 2010
Enable SSH access to ESX for root user
SSH access for the root user is disabled by default in ESX 4. To allow SSH access for the root user you will need to make a change to the sshd_config file. This will need to be done via the ESX server console.
- Open the ESX Console (press Alt-F1)
- Login as root
- Edit ssh_config:
- Change the line:
- to:
- Exit and save changes
- Restart the sshd service:
- Open the ESX Console (press Alt-F1)
- Login as root
- Edit ssh_config:
- Change the line:
- to:
- Exit and save changes
- Restart the sshd service:
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