[ubuntu] How do I give credentials for a user to access Ubuntu VM?

How do I give credentials for a user to access Ubuntu VM?

I am using VMware to set up a Ubuntu 22.04 as a virtual machine.* The host computer is a Windows 10 Enterprise OS.

After getting 403 Forbidden errors while doing simple updates at the command line, I did some research and it seems that my company network admins need to do something on their end for me.* I have been asked to "share the credential to access the VM and also the IP address"

When I right button click on the machine name in the VMware Workstation and select settings, for Network Adapter it shows I have the radio button clicked for NAT and Used to share the host IP address.



This did not seem to be useful for him.

And, so, here I am on this web forum for help and answers.* Where can I find the credential to access the VM and where can I find the IP address of the Virtual Machine and/or where can I set these values?

From the terminial app (the command line) I have typed

I hope this is useful informationi for the Linux system administrator. But I would still like to know the answer to the credentials question