topic Re: localaccounts.user.add command is missing, can't create local account on vcsa in VMware vCenter™ Discussions

localaccounts.user.add command is missing, can't create local account on vcsa

jacksonp2008 — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 18:47:49 GMT

localaccounts.user.add

Which doesn't exist on this machines.

```

root@vcsa [ / ]# localaccounts.user.add

bash: localaccounts.user.add: command not found

```

I am on vCenter 6.5.0, build: 5973321

SureshKumarMuth — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 19:09:34 GMT

Try changing the shell to sh from bash and see if that works

$ echo $0

/bin/bash

$ exec /bin/sh

$ echo $0

/bin/sh

porzech — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 04:58:30 GMT

It is not bash command.

After you log in to vcenter do not enter shell, just execute this command.

Vijay2027 — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 12:35:21 GMT

You will have to run this command from appliancesh

chsh -s /bin/appliancesh root --> Execute this command and establish a new ssh session

kvdavos — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 14:55:55 GMT

is there a way to prepopulate the password - I've tried and get PASSWORD_STR cant use passwords on the command line error

Manual entry of the password seems to be the only way -