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I am using VMware ESXi 5.1, and apart from the root account which I am using to manage my hypervisor, there are two more accounts:

vpxuser 
dcui

I don't know what these accounts are for, I don't know what the password is. Can I delete them? I am not using vcenter, or any of this stuff. I only need to be able to log in from vSphere client as root.

Is it safe to remove these accounts ?

Hennes
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The vpxuser permission is used for vCenter Server when managing activities for the host.
The account is used as an agent for the Direct Console User Interface and is used is the process for disabling lockdown mode in the DCUI.

you should not delete either account. even though theoretically if you do not use vcenter or direct console ever, you may live without them, but they are so integrated that at least i think their removal is strongly discouraged, unless you just want to experiment and the system is not critical to you.

johnshen64
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