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Description of problem: In order to support a more streamlined registration flow for manual registration (vs. pxe automated registrations) we need to configure the root password on RHEVH boxes so that RHEVM can ssh into each node to set up the public key for future SSH sessions However, we do not want to tie ourselves to needing 'root' user account indefinitely as we have a requirement to remove the root user usage from RHEVH entirely. Because of this, we should instead add a Configure RHEVM Admin Password option to the RHEV TUI section of RHEVH and add a rhevm_admin_password kernel commandline argument alongside the rhevm_host and other parameters Under the covers, setting rhevm_admin_password will of course (for now) set the root password, but eventually this can be migrated to a new user other than root (perhaps call it ... rhevm) The only issue with this approach is that we do already have a root_password kernel cmdline that is not supported and only intended to be used by Red Hat Support. We need to deal with situations where the user attempts to set both root_password and rhevm_admin_password simultaneously. Perhaps a well defined precedence? Or just documentation saying "Don't do that... for now" until we separate out the registration flow from needing root user access
Perry, please explain the purpose of this. Currently RHEV-H downloads the root ssh public key from RHEV-M. Why do we need to set the root password on RHEV-H? Is it related to bug 735725?
(In reply to comment #1) > Why do we need to set the root password on RHEV-H? Is it related to bug 735725? This is to enable "rhevm will pass to rhevh" part from bug 735725 For RHEL installation flow, RHEV-M requires root credentials, and by default, root is not enabled on RHEV-H.
(In reply to comment #0) > The only issue with this approach is that we do already have a root_password > kernel cmdline that is not supported and only intended to be used by Red Hat > Support. small correction, boot parameters are rootpw and adminpw > We need to deal with situations where the user attempts to set both > root_password and rhevm_admin_password simultaneously. Perhaps a well defined > precedence? yes, rhevm_admin_password would trump rootpw which makes sense. > Or just documentation saying "Don't do that... for now" until we > separate out the registration flow from needing root user access RTFM is rarely done, so we'd better have sane default
TUI fix here: http://gerrit.usersys.redhat.com/#change,913
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2011-1782.html