Is there a way to change security settings of an ESXi (6.7u2) via CLI ? Standard advanced settings can be modified by the following command :

esxcli system settings advanced set -o /Mem/ShareForceSalting -i 2 

Or kernel settings can be change with the command :

esxcli system settings kernel set -s hyperthreading -v FALSE 

But I can't fin a way to change security parameters from CLI (it's okay with GUI). For instance, I'm unable to change theses parameters from CLI :

• Security.AccountUnlockTime
• Security.AccountLockFailures
• ...

Can someone help on that ?

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The security settings are not listed in available parameters with

esxcli system settings advanced list | grep “Security”.

I haven’t found also in other namespaces like security and account.

But you can manage this settings via PowerCLI :

Set-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration Security.AccountLockFailures -Value 10
Set-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration Security.AccountUnlockTime -Value 100

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