vCenter Appliance SSH help

[Pixa241]

So not matter if I use root@localos or [e-mail] on my vCenter6 Appliance, when I run a command I get user is not authorized to run this command. Why am I not authorized. Passwords are correct, not sure what to do to fix it as I need to get into the bash shell.

[narenotpp]

please use root user to login when you do ssh into your VCSA.

that will allow you to work with all the command that you want to.

[Pixa241]

I am logging in as root@localos and i get the same error.

[kontranavoj]

You must login using administrator's credentials for your SSO domain.

For example, if your SSO domain is example.local, then use [e-mail] as your admin username with password configured during setup.

[Pixa241]

Anybody have ideas. It seems like I have the same issue as the one in this thread Re: Unable to logon VMware vCenter Appliance 5.5 with Root but that was on 5.5. I am on 6 U2. I can log into VAMI and DCUI but ssh and I get Access Denied error. VMWare support says I have to redeploy my VCSA and re set it up but that is not plausible and would take a lot of time.

[unsichtbare]

The login for vcsa using ssh is: root  (not root@localos -see the last screenshot)

[e-mail] ([e-mail]) will not work as it is not authorized to use the API:

And here's what happens when you use: root@localos

Happy ssh'ing!

[miguelvelezwhit]

Here's what I'm seeing when I try to use the shell to verify some SNMP settings:

login as: [e-mail]

VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0.0.20100

Type: vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller

[e-mail]@10.2.5.165's password:

Last login: Fri Apr 21 13:02:08 UTC 2017 from fdr2vg035p.flowers.foods on pts/0

Last login: Fri Apr 21 13:10:30 2017 from fdr2vg035p.flowers.foods

Connected to service

    * List APIs: "help api list"

    * List Plugins: "help pi list"

    * Enable BASH access: "shell.set --enabled True"

    * Launch BASH: "shell"

Command> shell

User '[e-mail]' is not authorized to run this command

Command>

and then, when I try 'root'; which is supposed to be the superAdmin by default:

VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0.0.20100

Type: vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller

root@10.2.5.165's password:

Last login: Fri Apr 21 12:53:14 UTC 2017 from fdr2vg035p.flowers.foods on pts/0

Last login: Fri Apr 21 13:03:53 2017 from fdr2vg035p.flowers.foods

vc-bake:~ #

vc-bake:~ # help pi list

-bash: help: no help topics match `list'.  Try `help help' or `man -k list' or `info list'.

vc-bake:~ # pi list

vc-bake:~ # shell

-bash: shell: command not found

This is becoming majorly frustrating.  I'm hoping that someone has discovered the flaw and fixed it.  I can't believe that it's nearly mid-2017 and this still is a problem.  Can anyone shed some light over what's happening?

TIA,

Migs

[unsichtbare]

This is not a problem or in error. when you reach the command prompt: vc-bake:~ #

root@10.2.5.165's password:

Last login: Fri Apr 21 12:53:14 UTC 2017 from fdr2vg035p.flowers.foods on pts/0

Last login: Fri Apr 21 13:03:53 2017 from fdr2vg035p.flowers.foods

vc-bake:~ #

you are at the Linux command prompt. From here you can do anything you can with a traditional full Linux server OS. Try:

cat /etc/hosts

date

cat /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0

Each will return information specific to your installation.