To define the administrator password for the virtual machine (VM) created from the template, please follow the steps below. Wait until the VM is initialized. After switching on the VM, wait for 5 minutes.
1. Open Virtual Machines and click on the DETAILS button for the selected VM.
2. Open the "Guest OS Customization" section;
3. Enter the password in the "Auto generate password" line. This will be the password for the administrator account;
4. Click "OK"
5. Connect to your virtual machine (VM) and try to log in using this password. If the indicated line does not contain the password or you are unable to log in to the VM using it, or if you have changed the password directly within the VM and lost it, then proceed as follows:
6. Power off the VM. Make sure it is in the "Powered Off" state.
7. click DETAILS
8. Select the Guest OS Customization section;
9. Make sure that the Enable guest customization checkbox is ticked. If not, then tick it;
10. Make sure the Change SID checkbox is unticked. If not, then untick it;
11. Make sure that the Allow local administrator password checkbox is ticked. If not, tick it;
12. Activate the Auto generate password option;
13. Click SAVE ;
14. Click ACTIONS and choose Power On and Force Recustomization;
On WINDOWS operating systems, Administrator is used as the account. On Linux systems - root.
