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ThischapterprovidesinformationonsecuringADMappliance.Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
 “ChangingtheRootPassword”onpage 31
 “ResettingtheADMRootPassword”onpage 31
 “OpenSSLSelf‐SignedTestCertificates”onpage 32
 “CASignedTestCertificates”onpage 32
Changing the Root Password
To change the root password
1LogintotheADMappliancebyusingaSecureShell(SSH)client.
2Runthepasswdcommand:
aThewizardaskstoenteranewpassword.
bRetypethepassword.
Ifboththepasswordsmatch,thepasswordischangedandallauthenticationtokensgetsupdated.
Resetting the ADM Root Password
To reset the ADM root password
1UsingtheVMwarevSphereclient,startorrestartthevirtualmachine.
2Afterthevirtualmachinerestarts,clickanykeyintheconsolewindow.
Thebootscreenappears.
3PressetoentertheGRUBbootmenu.
TheGNUGRUBloaderscreenappears.
4 Highlight(2.6.24.7‐9.smp.pae.gcc3.4.x86.i686),andpresse.
5 Selectthekernellineandpressetoedittheentry.
Securing ADM
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NOTEIfyoudonotclickanykeyintheconsolewindowimmediatelyafterthevirtualmachinerestarts,
youmustrestartthevirtualmachineandperformstep2again.
Togiveyouadditionaltimewhenclickingakeyintheconsolewindow,youcanmanuallyaddalineto
theVMXfile.
AddingthelinetothefilecausestheBIOStodelay.Forexample,tocausea10seconddelay,
powerdownthevirtualmachine,opentheVMXfileinatexteditor,typethefollowinglineintheVMX
file:
bios.bootDelay="10000"