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    <title>topic Re: Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password. in VMware PowerCLI Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Do you have any special characters in the password ?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Try placing the password between single quotes.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2014 07:51:50 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2014-12-01T07:51:50Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password.</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Cannot-complete-login-due-to-an-incorrect-user-name-or-password/m-p/936707#M28085</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Currently have installed vSphere PowerCLI 5.8 Release 1.&amp;nbsp; Tried previous releases.&amp;nbsp; I have just one esxi host on a local network.&amp;nbsp; I am wishing to be able to use powercli to automate some stuff with machines on the host through the use of a script.&amp;nbsp; I can log in if I just put Connect-VIServer, press enter, then enter esxi host ip, which pops up username password box.&amp;nbsp; Using the same username and password on the line.. Connect-VIServer -Server &lt;EM&gt;ipaddress&lt;/EM&gt; -User &lt;EM&gt;username &lt;/EM&gt;-Password &lt;EM&gt;"password" (with quotes on password)&lt;/EM&gt; gives me error&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;PowerCLI C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI&amp;gt; Connect-&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;VIServer -Server ipaddress -User username -Password "password"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Connect-VIServer : 11/30/2014 8:53:34 PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Connect-VIServer&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Cannot comp&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;lete login due to an incorrect user name or password.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;At line:1 char:17&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;+ Connect-VIServer &amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;nbsp; -Server ipaddress -User user&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5em;"&gt; -Password "password&lt;/SPAN&gt;"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + CategoryInfo&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : NotSpecified: (:) [Connect-VIServer], InvalidLog&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; in&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_ConnectivityServiceImpl_Reconnect_Excep&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; tion,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.ConnectVIServer&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I've double,triple and double to the 15th power checked username and password.... what am I doing wrong?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have tried adding -Port 443 with failure also. Same error&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2014 02:06:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>jwigg</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-12-01T02:06:41Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password.</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Cannot-complete-login-due-to-an-incorrect-user-name-or-password/m-p/936708#M28086</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;why are you using the quotes around the password? Try it without quotes&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Tim&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2014 07:41:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>schepp</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-12-01T07:41:07Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password.</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Cannot-complete-login-due-to-an-incorrect-user-name-or-password/m-p/936709#M28087</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Do you have any special characters in the password ?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Try placing the password between single quotes.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2014 07:51:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-12-01T07:51:50Z</dc:date>
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