debian 10 lxc template login problem

[luciandf]

Hello all,

I am quite new to proxmox and today I stumbled upon a problem which I cannot figure out. I wanted to create a debian 10 container. I downloaded the archive, configured the name, password etc. and started it. All was fine until I wanted to login. The password I set earlier for the root account doesn't work in the local console of the newly started container.

Anyone knows what is going on?

 

[luciandf]

answering my own problem! turns out that I need to load a ssh public key and login from a console with it. The password login is disabled for the root accout! I know this is a security thing but still...

 

[matrix]

Hi,

can you login to the container with command: pct enter <VMID> ? and please post config as well pct config <VMID>


i recommend you to read wiki proxmox about Containers it's really helpful [1]

[1] https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Linux_Container

 

[luciandf]

Hi,

can you login to the container with command: pct enter <VMID> ? and please post config as well pct config <VMID>


i recommend you to read wiki proxmox about Containers it's really helpful [1]

[1] https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Linux_Container

Hi, I solved the problem like I said above. If I load a ssh publick key and then login with that it works fine. When I do what you said, I end up at the same login screen I see from the internal proxmox console and the root password I set when I create the container still doesn't work. Then problem is in the debian container settings for ssh root login.

 

[matrix]

hi,

probably you need to change config ssh /etc/ssh/sshd_config and enable root login from
#PermitRootLogin prohibit-password
to
PermitRootLogin yes

Then service ssh restart and try login with out public key

 

[luciandf]

hi,

probably you need to change config ssh /etc/ssh/sshd_config and enable root login from
#PermitRootLogin prohibit-password
to
PermitRootLogin yes

Then service ssh restart and try login with out public key

yes, see that was the problem! I couldn't login into the container so I could enable that! I know how to enable root login and everything and I was expecting that I could login via the internal console and then create a user in the container and enable ssh for the new user. But, no! I couldn't login in the container even from the internal console or the pve command.

The only way it worked was from my computer terminal via ssh after I loaded a ssh public key when I created the container.

 

[thiagocs1987]

HI,

i have the same problem when creating new installations. I did the mentioned steps but without result. Any suggestion?




I did the step
change config ssh /etc/ssh/sshd_config and enable root login from
#PermitRootLogin prohibit-password
to
PermitRootLogin yes