I go into the html GUI of my ESXi host with a local admin account. I went to Manage > Security & Users > Users and reset the password for the root account.
- I then rebooted the server and on the console screen I can hit the f12 key to Shutdown\Restart and that works fine and allows me to reboot the server.
- If I try to login to the GUI with to root account I get an authentication error.
- If I try to SSH into this host and use root and the same password I get an authentication error...
Are there two different types of root accounts on an ESXi host?