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To create a new group, replace the --entity and --login parameters, like this:
vicfg-user --server server.domain.com --username root --entity group --group
GroupName --operation add
3.
Depending on your vMA coni guration, you might be prompted for a password to exe-
cute the command. Enter the password for the user specii ed in the previous command
(root, in this example).
4.
If you are creating a new user account, you will be prompted for the password for the
new user. Enter the password you want assigned to the new user account you are creat-
ing, and then coni rm that password when prompted again.
Figure 8.1 shows the vMA prompting for a password to perform the command as well as
the password for the new user account.
Figure 8.1
h e vicfg-user
command prompts
for a password to
execute the com-
mand and then
prompts for a
password for the
new user you are
creating.
As we mentioned previously, creating a new user or group is only part of the process; in
order to use that account with the vSphere Client, you also need to assign a role. We'll cover
roles and permissions in the section “Managing ESXi Host Permissions” later in this chapter.
Now let's take a look at editing a user or group both from the vSphere Client and from the CLI.
Editing a Local User or Group
Perform the following steps to edit a local user or group using the vSphere Client:
1.
Assuming you've already launched the vSphere Client and connected to an ESXi host,
select the ESXi host from the inventory and click the Local Users & Groups tab.
2.
Right-click the user you want to modify and select Edit.
This opens the Edit User dialog box.
3.
From the Edit User dialog box, make any necessary changes to the user account.
As you can see from Figure 8.2, the Login i eld cannot be changed.
