December 2017
Beginner
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It is really important to use strong passwords that are not easily guessed and that are difficult for password generators. Password strength and complexity rules apply to all passwords, including hosts users (such as root).
ESXi uses the pam_passwdqc.so plugin to set the strength and the complexity of host's passwords. You can define the password quality using the host's advanced system settings, called Security.PasswordQualityControl.
ESXi 6.0 has introduced a new account lockout feature; by default, a maximum of 10 failed attempts is allowed before the account is locked. The account is unlocked after 2 minutes by default. In the host's events you will see the following row:
Remote access to ESXi local user account 'LOGINNAME' ...
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