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Table Of Contents
- vSphere Command-Line Interface Concepts and Examples
- Contents
- About This Book
- vSphere CLI Command Overviews
- Introduction
- List of Available Host Management Commands
- Targets and Protocols for vCLI Host Management Commands
- Supported Platforms for vCLI Commands
- Commands with an esxcfg Prefix
- ESXCLI Overview
- Connection Options for vCLI Host Management Commands
- Connection Options for DCLI Commands
- vCLI Host Management Commands and Lockdown Mode
- Managing Hosts
- Managing Files
- Managing Storage
- Introduction to Storage
- Examining LUNs
- Detaching Devices and Removing a LUN
- Working with Permanent Device Loss
- Managing Paths
- Managing Path Policies
- Scheduling Queues for Virtual Machine I/O
- Managing NFS/NAS Datastores
- Monitoring and Managing SAN Storage
- Monitoring and Managing Virtual SAN Storage
- Monitoring vSphere Flash Read Cache
- Monitoring and Managing Virtual Volumes
- Migrating Virtual Machines with svmotion
- Configuring FCoE Adapters
- Scanning Storage Adapters
- Retrieving SMART Information
- Managing iSCSI Storage
- iSCSI Storage Overview
- Protecting an iSCSI SAN
- Command Syntax for esxcli iscsi and vicfg-iscsi
- iSCSI Storage Setup with ESXCLI
- iSCSI Storage Setup with vicfg-iscsi
- Listing and Setting iSCSI Options
- Listing and Setting iSCSI Parameters
- Enabling iSCSI Authentication
- Setting Up Ports for iSCSI Multipathing
- Managing iSCSI Sessions
- Managing Third-Party Storage Arrays
- Managing NMP with esxcli storage nmp
- Path Claiming with esxcli storage core claiming
- Managing Claim Rules
- Managing Users
- Managing Virtual Machines
- vmware-cmd Overview
- Listing and Registering Virtual Machines
- Retrieving Virtual Machine Attributes
- Managing Virtual Machine Snapshots with vmware-cmd
- Powering Virtual Machines On and Off
- Connecting and Disconnecting Virtual Devices
- Working with the AnswerVM API
- Forcibly Stopping Virtual Machines with EXCLI
- Managing vSphere Networking
- Introduction to vSphere Networking
- Retrieving Basic Networking Information
- Network Troubleshooting
- Setting Up vSphere Networking with vSphere Standard Switches
- Setting Up Virtual Switches and Associating a Switch with a Network Interface
- Retrieving Information About Virtual Switches
- Adding and Deleting Virtual Switches
- Checking, Adding, and Removing Port Groups
- Managing Uplinks and Port Groups
- Setting the Port Group VLAN ID
- Managing Uplink Adapters
- Adding and Modifying VMkernel Network Interfaces
- Setting Up vSphere Networking with vSphere Distributed Switch
- Managing Standard Networking Services in the vSphere Environment
- Setting the DNS Configuration
- Adding and Starting an NTP Server
- Managing the IP Gateway
- Setting Up IPsec
- Managing the ESXi Firewall
- Monitoring VXLAN
- Monitoring ESXi Hosts
- Index
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Chapter 7 Managing Users
EachESXihosthasseveraldefaultusers:
Therootuserhasfulladministrativeprivileges.Administratorsusethisloginanditsassociatedpassword
tologintoahostthroughthevSphereClient.Rootuserscancontrolallaspectsofthehostthattheyare
loggedonto.Rootuserscanmanipulatepermissions,creatingusers(onESXihostsonly),
workingwith
events,andsoon.
ThevpxuseruserisavCenterServerentitywithrootrightsontheESXihost,allowingittomanage
activitiesforthathost.ThesystemcreatesvpxuserwhenanESXihostisattachedtovCenterServer.
vpxuserisnotpresentontheESXihostunlessthehostisbeingmanagedthrough
vCenterServer.
Otherusersmightbedefinedbythesystem,dependingonthenetworkingsetupandotherfactors.
Thefollowingexamplescenarioillustratessomeofthetasksthatyoucanperform.Specifyoneoftheoptions
listedin“ConnectionOptionsforvCLIHostManagementCommands”onpage 18inplaceof
<conn_options>.
To create, modify, and delete users
1Listthe
existingusers.
vicfg-user <conn_options> -e user -o list
Thelistdisplaysallusersthatarepredefinedbythesystemandallusersthatwereaddedlater.
2Addanewuser,specifyingaloginIDandpassword.
vicfg-user <conn_options> -e user -o add -l user27 -p 27_password
Thecommandcreatestheuser.Bydefault,thecommandautogeneratesaUIDfortheuser.
3ListtheusersagaintoverifythatthenewuserwasaddedandaUIDwasgenerated.
vicfg-user <conn_options> -e user -o list
USERS
-------------------
Principal -: root
Full Name -: root
UID -: 0
Shell Access -> 1
-------------------
...
--------------------
Principal -: user27
Full Name -:
UID -: 501
Shell Access -> 0
4Modifythepasswordforuseruser27.
vicfg-user <conn_options> -e user -o modify -l user27 -p 27_password2
ThesystemmightreturnUpdated user user27 successfully.
5Assignread‐onlyprivilegestotheuser(whocurrentlyhasnoaccess).
vicfg-user <conn_options> -e user -o modify -l user27 --role read-only
Thesystempromptswhetheryouwanttochangethepassword,whichmightbeadvisableiftheuserdoes
notcurrentlyhaveapassword.Answeryorn.Thesystemthenupdatestheuser.
Updated user user27 successfully.
Assigned the role read-only
CAUTIONSeetheAuthenticationandUserManagementchapterofvSphereSecurityforinformationaboutroot
usersbeforeyoumakeanychangestothedefaultusers.Mistakesregardingrootuserscanhaveseriousaccess
consequences.
IMPORTANTThecommandlistsamaximumof100users.