Credentials don't work when connecting to single hosts

[brittonv]

Greetings,

I am able to log on to my vSphere vCenter server and connect to all my ESX Hosts with out any problems.

However if I try to connect to a single host I get "login failed due to a bad username or password".

Can someone please point me in the direction of what I need to do to enable me to log in via both methods?

If you are asking why I am trying to do so, I am just trying to pre-configure my computer so that I can manage my domain in the event vCenter fails.

[JohnADCO]

Hmm we use different credentials for Vcenter and stand lone mgt of the same hosts.

Vcenter uses Active Directory and the Hosts use root as the user name.

[ProPenguin]

vCenter is what enables you to use AD when loggin in. The host directly, from what I understand does not support AD. I would to keep it simple say create a user on the host through the command line that matches your AD account, name and password. Hope this helps.

Commands:

adduser username

passwd username "then enter new password"

[brittonv]

So even when I look at the permissions tab of a specific host, I see my Domain credentials. Even though they are on the server the only way they are usable is through vCenter? Any direct connections have to be made via a set of local credentials?

[JohnADCO · Accepted solution]

Pretty darn sure that is correct.

When you add a host in Vcenter, you have to give Vcenter the local host credentials as well.

[ProPenguin]

That is my understanding, yes. I would assume they dont figure you will directly connect unless you are fixing something.