Reset VCSA appliance root password
- reboot VCSA from the VM Console (Web or standalone)
- press “e” in the “Photon” grub boot picture (e = edit)
- the grub boot editor will open
- move the cursor behind “consoleblank=0” and
- add “rw init=/bin/bash” behind
- press “F10” to boot VCSA
- a red command line will show the prompt “root [ / ]#”
- enter “passwd” to set the password for root
- umount the dir with “umount /”
- reboot the VCSA VM with “reboot -f”
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