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Procedure
1 Log in to ESXi with the VMware Host Client.
You cannot create ESXi users with the vSphere Web Client. You must directly log in to the host with the
VMware Host Client to create ESXi users.
2 Click Manage in the VMware Host Client inventory and click Security & Users.
3 Click Users.
4 ClickAdd user.
5 Enter a user name, and a password.
N Do not create a user named ALL. Privileges associated with the name ALL might not be available
to all users in some situations. For example, if a user named ALL has Administrator privileges, a user
with the ReadOnly privileges might be able to log in to the host remotely. This is not the intended
behavior.
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Do not include any spaces in the user name.
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Do not include any non-ASCII characters in the user name.
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Create a password that meets the length and complexity requirements. The host checks for
password compliance using the default authentication plug-in, pam_passwdqc.so. If the password is
not compliant, an error message indicates password requirements.
6 Click Add.
Update an ESXi User in the VMware Host Client
You can change the user name, description, and password for an ESXi user in the VMware Host Client.
Procedure
1 Click Manage in the VMware Host Client inventory and click Security & Users.
2 Click Users.
3 Select a user from the list and click Edit user.
4 Update the user details and click Save.
Remove a Local ESXi User from a Host in the VMware Host Client
You can remove a local ESXi user from the host.
C Do not remove the root user.
If you remove a user from the host, they lose permissions to all objects on the host and cannot log in again.
N Users who are logged in and are removed from the domain keep their host permissions until you
restart the host.
Procedure
1 Click Manage in the VMware Host Client inventory and click Security & Users.
2 Click Users.
3 Select the user that you want to remove from the list, click Remove user, and click Yes.
Do not remove the root user for any reason.
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