Re: [ovirt-users] cloud-init root password?

----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michal Skrivanek" <michal.skrivanek(a)redhat.com&gt; > To: "Jorick Astrego" <j.astrego(a)netbulae.eu&gt; > Cc: users(a)ovirt.org > Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2015 1:36:45 PM > Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] cloud-init root password? > > > On Apr 7, 2015, at 13:24 , Jorick Astrego <j.astrego(a)netbulae.eu&gt; wrote: > >> >> >> On 04/07/2015 11:31 AM, Michal Skrivanek wrote: >> >> >>> On Apr 3, 2015, at 13:07 , Jorick Astrego <j.astrego(a)netbulae.eu >>> wrote: >> >> >>> >> >> >>>> Hi, >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>> On 3.5.2rc3, the root password field from cloud-init is missing. How do >>>> I set the root password now for a fresh VM? >> >> >>> Hi Jorick, >> >> >>> This was 3.5 enhancement to support also non-root users >> >> >>> you use username "root" and set a password:-) >> >> >>> >> >> >>> Thanks, >> >> >>> michal >> >> >> >> I normally deploy through foreman and we have ipa integrated, so I >> >> >> haven't used it in a while. >> >> >> >> When I use username "root" and set the password, how do I add another >> >> >> normal user then? > > you can only define one. It's not meant to be a guest user management tool. By the way it's not a a cloud-init limit, there you can define more than user: http://cloudinit.readthedocs.org/en/latest/topics/examples.html#including...

Michal, are you working with plain password or with salted hashed ones? I had some experiment on hosted-engine with strange results on that.

>> Say I want to add an user account & set the root password. When I fill >> >> >> in the username & password there is no way to login to the system as >> >> >> this user and gain root access in any way (sudo is not allowed). >> >> >> >> So it could have just remained rootpw as the vm is worthless otherwise >> >> >> or am I missing something? > > it was a specific request for cloud-based images. It only makes sense on > templates where you've already initialized root or sudo > > Thanks, > michal > >> >> >> >> Regards, Jorick >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Met vriendelijke groet, With kind regards, >> >> Jorick Astrego >> >> Netbulae Virtualization Experts >> Tel: 053 20 30 270 info(a)netbulae.eu Staalsteden 4-3A KvK 08198180 >> Fax: 053 20 30 271 www.netbulae.eu 7547 TA Enschede BTW NL821234584B01 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> Users(a)ovirt.org >> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users(a)ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users >