Set vCenter Server root password to never expire - VMware vSphere help https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/vmware-vsphere-help/set-vcenter-server-root-password-to-never-expire/ Virtualization Howto Discussion Board en-US Sun, 19 Jul 2026 06:17:25 +0000 wpForo 60 Set vCenter Server root password to never expire https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/vmware-vsphere-help/set-vcenter-server-root-password-to-never-expire/#post-1035 Fri, 18 Oct 2024 19:54:30 +0000 Especially in the home lab, you may not want your vCenter Server VCSA root password to expire as you would do in production. This can be a pain and usually happens at the worst time, when you are upgrading, etc. To see if your root account is set to age, you can use this command from the command line:

chage -l root

Then we can set it to not expire using the following command:

chage -I -1 -m 0 -M 99999 -E -1 root
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That's it, now you can enjoy not having to reset your root password for your VCSA appliance again.

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