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VMware Linux Provisioning Password Configuration

The root password for Linux VMs is the password defined on the virtual machine before it was converted to a template. All Linux virtual machine templates must be configured to use the same root password.

Issue the following command to store the Linux root password in the database for later retrieval. The command prompts for information.

dpmutil -set -superuser 

The Reservation Manager retrieves the password when emails are sent to users notifying them that their systems are ready.