ESX Root User Cannot Reboot Server

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Published on 2010-04-05T20:12:49Z Indexed on 2010/04/05 20:13 UTC
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I have a machine running ESX v3.5 and the root user is unable to perform tasks like shut down the esx server, create new VM's, manage roles, pretty much everything except for starting and stopping VM's.

How do I (re)set these permissions?

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