Command to add permissions to user under ESXi 4.1 via console

Asked Mar 27 '14 at 15:19

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So I don't have to give them the password for the root account, wich is shared with other services, I need to add administrator rules to another user in several (30+) ESXi 4.1.0 servers. Creating the user isn't very complicated, but giving him the permissions invlves modifying /etc/hostd/authorization.xml. That seems complicated using cssh.

I'm wondering if anyone known if there's a command to do that from ssh more easily ?

(I have been througha ll available commands but some have "cryptic" names...)

asked Mar 27 '14 at 15:19

mveroone

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ESXi 4.1? Eww. You can use vSphere to grant permissions, too. – Nathan C Mar 27 '14 at 15:24
unfortunatly, those hosts aren't managed with vCenter =/ – mveroone Mar 27 '14 at 15:28
They don't have to be. You can use the actual vSphere client that you install on your workstation. – Nathan C Mar 27 '14 at 15:29
Yeah but I would like to avoid to do 30 times the same thing. I'm wired to try to automate all I have to do. I'll probably try to paste the XML code using cssh – mveroone Mar 27 '14 at 15:30

Command to add permissions to user under ESXi 4.1 via console

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