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ThischapterprovidesinformationonsecuringADMappliance.Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:

 “ChangingtheRootPassword”onpage 29

 “ResettingtheADMRootPassword”onpage 29

 “OpenSSLSelf‐SignedTestCertificates”onpage 30

 “CASignedTestCertificates”onpage 30

Changing the Root Password

To change the root password

1LogintotheADMappliancebyusingaSecureShell(SSH)client.

2Runthepasswdcommand:

aThewizardaskstoenteranewpassword.

bRetypethepassword.

Ifboththepasswordsmatch,thepasswordischangedandallauthenticationtokensgetsupdated.

Resetting the ADM Root Password

To reset the ADM root password

1UsingtheVMwarevSphereclient,startorrestartthevirtualmachine.

2Afterthevirtualmachinerestarts,clickanykeyintheconsolewindow.

Thebootscreenappears.

3PressetoentertheGRUBbootmenu.

TheGNUGRUBloaderscreenappears.

4 Highlight(2.6.24.7‐9.smp.pae.gcc3.4.x86.i686),andpresse.

5 Selectthekernellineandpressetoedittheentry.

Securing ADM

NOTEIfyoudonotclickanykeyintheconsolewindowimmediatelyafterthevirtualmachinerestarts,

youmustrestartthevirtualmachineandperformstep2again.

Togiveyouadditionaltimewhenclickingakeyintheconsolewindow,youcanmanuallyaddalineto

theVMXfile.

AddingthelinetothefilecausestheBIOStodelay.Forexample,tocausea10seconddelay,

powerdownthevirtualmachine,opentheVMXfileinatexteditor,typethefollowinglineintheVMX

file:

bios.bootDelay="10000"

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VMware VCENTER APPLICATION DISCOVERY MANAGER 6.1.1 - RESPOSITORY Manuale Utente Pagina 29