Removed password and group file/etc - please help!

Hello

It is a good.

In an attempt to get the NFS shares on a Windows Server, I managed to move one of my/etc of ESX host 'password' and 'group' files to a different location. I guess me to copy instead of move.

Now, I can not log on the server ESX 4.1 via ssh, winscp or root or console. When you try to connect to the root account it says invalid password.

Everything can avoid me having to rebuild the host from scratch? I don't have either no image from the server backup.

Thanks in advance!

With the help of the ESXi installed on USB works fine. Boot in ESXi. Use the vSphere client to connect to the new ESXi installation. ESXi should have picked up the ESX datastore, and you'll see the ESX VM console. It will be called esxconsole-blabla. Create a new virtual machine and do not create a vmdk. Select use an existing one and point the vmdk for esxconsole. Get a Linux rescue disc or most distributions can boot into rescue mode. You have to force the new virtual machine to boot from the rescue cd. Once you're started in rescue mode, you can mount the vmdk from ESX console. Add your files and restart without the USB.

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