Special characters for root password

[NYSDHCR]

Does vSphere 4.0 support characters other than numbers/letters for the root password, such as # or $?

[Troy_Clavell · Accepted solution]

That should not be a problem.  Also, see below

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1012033

...and is this question related to PowerCLI, otherwise I can move the thread

[LucD]

These special characters are indeed not a problem.

Just watch out when you pass such a password to the Connect-VIServer cmdlet.

Make sure to enclose your password in single quotes to avoid that PowerShell will try to interpret these special characters.

Connect-VIServer -Server MyServer -User AUser -Password 'pa$$word'

[NYSDHCR]

Thanks for the quick reply! You can move this question, thanks

[NYSDHCR]

Thanks for that tip!