Re: [PATCH datacenter-manager] fix: api: allow non-pam users to access shell

["Shan Shaji" <s.shaji@proxmox.com>]

 Superseded by v2: https://lore.proxmox.com/pdm-devel/20260623120314.305942-1-s.shaji@proxmox.com/T/#u

On Tue Jun 23, 2026 at 10:16 AM CEST, Shan Shaji wrote:
> Gentle ping, this still applies on master. We have a report related to
> this in bugzilla [1]
>
> - [1] https://bugzilla.proxmox.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7726
>
> On Wed Oct 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM CEST, Shan Shaji wrote:
>> Remove the explicit restriction that only pam users can access the
>> shell. This is safe to do, as all users that are not root@pam will
>> be shown with a login shell. So they need to have some (PAM) login
>> credentials available.
>>
>> This changes is useful for setups where a host integrates with central
>> authentication systems (e.g. LDAP or Active Directory) either as a PDM
>> realm or as a PAM plugin. It also allows environments that favor
>> non-pam users for PDM by default, but still want to keep PAM
>> accounts available for admnistrators.
>>
>> Reference: pve-manager commit (7914f5e7b) and proxmox-backup commit
>> (c77dfaf31), these commits are already applied for PVE and PBS.
>>