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Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 7.3 User's Guide

VMware ESX Server 4.X Authentication

VMware ESX Server uses the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) structure for authentication when users access the ESX Server host. The PAM configuration for VMware services stores paths to the authentication modules and is located at /etc/pam.d/vmware-authd.

The default installation of ESX Server uses /etc/passwd authentication, similar to Linux, but you can configure ESX Server to use another distributed authentication mechanism.

  • NOTE: On systems running VMware ESX Server 4.x operating system, to login to Server Administrator, all users require Administrator privileges. For information on assigning roles, see the VMware documentation.

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