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How delete root login password
- download the GParted live boot iso and create a CD or USB Stick
- reboot server and boot from iso
- the GParted window show the partitions on the server
- /dev/sda5 is the first esxi partition
- open a terminal
- enter following command to change on root:
sudo -s
- create a subdir in the mount dir /mnt:
mkdir /mnt/esxi
- mount sda5 (or maybe a other partition):
mount /dev/sda5 /mnt/esxi
- find the state.tgz in mounted dir:
ls /mnt/esxi/st*
