Technoblog.org » shell access http://technoblog.org Technoblogging Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:47:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Howto: ESXi shell access http://technoblog.org/2008/08/howto-esxi-shell-access/ http://technoblog.org/2008/08/howto-esxi-shell-access/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:06:16 +0000 jrp http://technoblog.org/?p=23 How to get shell access to your VMWare ESXi server?
By default the VMWare ESXi server don’t offer shell access (through the menu).
But by doing the following, you will be able to access the shell (although its limited):

1. Hook up a screen and a keyboard to the VMWae ESXi server.
2. Press “Alt+F1″
3. Write “unsupported” and press Enter (if you screw up, and think you’ve typed something wrong,
you can use Ctrl+U to clear the input field).
4. Enter the root password, an voila, shell access.

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