Remove the root in the permissions list in vSphere

I'm working on the security of our installation of vSphere. Out of the box, root is denied access ssh hosts remotely, but the account can still be used to remotely manage virtual machines and the host via the vSphere client configuration.  I've set up a new local group (comprising several other local accounts) and given this complete rights management group to host in vSphere. I would like to delete root in the list of permissions on the host computer, so there is no risk of it being compromised and used to manipulate virtual machines.

Can someone tell me why it is a bad idea? I found no others do this on the web.  That would welcome your thoughts.

Hello

Still, this is not suggested. There are some things that root is the only one who can fix. For example, if someone were to remove all the users the ability to "Administer" the system. Only root access will be able to solve this problem.

If you use vCenter absolutely impossible to remove this access as is vCenter path used to connect/disconnect with the departure, or if there are problems with vpxuser.

If you really want to go this route, then you may just have to look to change the /etc/vmware/hostd/authorizations.xml file

I would like to keep a copy that has allowed ' root' (which is the default) available for use as a necessary complement. Need in this way to set you to A) connection to the host directly in as long as root (at the level of the console), return the file, restart pass, then connect through the vSphere Client. Once this is done, you can delete once more root of the "fixed" file

Ideally, I still think it's a bad idea and could cause problems if you use vCenter.

Best regards
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