Admin user presented with bash shell cli when logging into an NSX Edge appliance.

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

• When logging into the NSX Edge appliance using the "admin" account, the bash prompt is presented instead of the nsxcli prompt:
  Examples: 
admin@edge2-mgmt:~$

  admin@edge2-mgmt:/root$

• The expectation is for the nsxcli prompt to be displayed when logging in as the "admin" user:
  Example:
  edge2-mgmt>

Environment

VMware NSX

Cause

The "admin" user account default shell was changed from nsxcli to bash in the underlying OS configuration.

Resolution

1. Login to your Edge node as the "root" user using ssh or the VM console in the vSphere client
2. Run the following command to change the user default shell:
   chsh <username>
   
   Input the following argument to set the nsxcli shell as the default for your user:
   /opt/vmare/nsx-cli/bin/scripts/nsxcli_passwd

   Example:
   root@nsx-edge-01:~# chsh admin
Changing the login shell for admin
Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default
        Login Shell [/bin/bash]: /opt/vmware/nsx-cli/bin/scripts/nsxcli_passwd
root@nsx-edge-01:~#

    

3. Validate the change by logging out and logging back in as the "admin" user and confirm the change is correct.