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RanjnaAggarwal
VMware Employee
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grant shell access to some users to check the snmp traps without giving them root access

is it possible to grant shell access to some users to check the snmp traps without giving them root access?

Regards, Ranjna Aggarwal
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aravinds3107
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Create a local account on the ESXi host and grant them Administrator role  on the host , then thy will be able to SSH.

If the host is joined to AD the group members which is listed under "Config.HostAgent.plugins.hostsvc.esxAdminsGroup" will be default added to Administrator and granted access

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