Linux Agent for Password Resets

[saint_antone]

In Microsoft Azure, there is an available agent that can be used to reset root password / root ssh keys in case they are lost. This is an example: https://github.com/Huachao/azure-co...s-linux-use-vmaccess-reset-password-or-ssh.md

Does anyone know of something similar that can be used with PVE?

 

[bbgeek17]

You can use qemu-agent: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Qemu-guest-agent
And wrap scripts/steps around it, so it changes the files, ie /etc/passwd and/or ssh key storage. There is no built-in option in it to change the password.

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[leesteken]

The Proxmox manual suggest that you can change a password on a VM with qm (probably requires QEMU Guest Agent):

qm guest passwd <vmid> <username> [OPTIONS]

Sets the password for the given user to the given password

<vmid>: <integer> (1 - N)
The (unique) ID of the VM.
<username>: <string>
The user to set the password for.
--crypted <boolean> (default =0)
set to 1 if the password has already been passed through crypt()

 

[bbgeek17]

I stand corrected, thanks!

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