<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> </head> <body> <ol> <li>At the console press CTRL+ALT+F2 to get to the ESXi shell. If a login shows up continue with step 3, otherwise continue with step 2.</li> <li>Login to the DCUI (to enable the ESXi Shell if not already done) <ol> <li>Login with root and the correct password.</li> <li>Go to Troubleshooting Options</li> <li>Select Enable ESXi Shell</li> <li>Press CTRL+ALT+F1</li> </ol> </li> <li>At the ESXi shell login with root and the password</li> <li> <p class="auto-cursor-target">Run the following commands to show number of failed attempts:</p> <div class="code panel pdl conf-macro output-block"> <div class="codeContent panelContent pdl"> <pre class="syntaxhighlighter-pre">#pam_tally2 –user root</pre> </div> </div> </li> <li> <p class="auto-cursor-target">Run the following command to unlock the root account:</p> <div class="code panel pdl conf-macro output-block"> <div class="codeContent panelContent pdl"> <pre class="syntaxhighlighter-pre">#pam_tally2 –user root –reset #reboot -f</pre> </div> </div> </li> </ol> </body> </html>
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