[ovirt-users] cloud-init root password?

[Michal Skrivanek]

On Apr 7, 2015, at 13:24 , Jorick Astrego <j.astrego at netbulae.eu> wrote:

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> On 04/07/2015 11:31 AM, Michal Skrivanek wrote:
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> > On Apr 3, 2015, at 13:07 , Jorick Astrego <j.astrego at netbulae.eu
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> >> Hi,
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> >> 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?
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> > Hi Jorick,
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> > This was 3.5 enhancement to support also non-root users
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> > you use username "root" and set a password:-)
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> > Thanks,
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> > michal
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> I normally deploy through foreman and we have ipa integrated, so I
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> haven't used it in a while.
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> When I use username "root" and set the password, how do I add another
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> normal user then?

you can only define one. It's not meant to be a guest user management tool.

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> Say I want to add an user account & set the root password. When I fill
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> in the username & password there is no way to login to the system as
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> this user and gain root access in any way (sudo is not allowed).
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> So it could have just remained rootpw as the vm is worthless otherwise
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> 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

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> Regards, Jorick
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> Met vriendelijke groet, With kind regards,
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> Jorick Astrego
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