From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (firstgate.proxmox.com [212.224.123.68]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A9F7974CE1 for ; Thu, 2 Jun 2022 09:25:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 7DF842762C for ; Thu, 2 Jun 2022 09:25:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (proxmox-new.maurer-it.com [94.136.29.106]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTPS id 6E41D27479 for ; Thu, 2 Jun 2022 09:25:06 +0200 (CEST) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 448CA439D5 for ; Thu, 2 Jun 2022 09:25:06 +0200 (CEST) From: Oguz Bektas To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2022 09:24:50 +0200 Message-Id: <20220602072450.55209-19-o.bektas@proxmox.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.30.2 In-Reply-To: <20220602072450.55209-1-o.bektas@proxmox.com> References: <20220602072450.55209-1-o.bektas@proxmox.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 0 AWL 0.467 Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address BAYES_00 -1.9 Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% KAM_DMARC_STATUS 0.01 Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with Strict Alignment SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_PASS -0.001 SPF: sender matches SPF record T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE -0.01 - Subject: [pve-devel] [PATCH v4 docs 18/18] pveum: add SU privilege and SA role X-BeenThere: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox VE development discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2022 07:25:15 -0000 with some warnings about imposed restrictions and the danger of giving this role/privilege to untrusted users. Suggested-by: Fabian Grünbichler Signed-off-by: Oguz Bektas --- pveum.adoc | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/pveum.adoc b/pveum.adoc index 840067e..8067984 100644 --- a/pveum.adoc +++ b/pveum.adoc @@ -705,7 +705,11 @@ Roles A role is simply a list of privileges. Proxmox VE comes with a number of predefined roles, which satisfy most requirements. -* `Administrator`: has full privileges +* `SuperAdministrator`: has **full** privileges including `SuperUser` +* `Administrator`: has all privileges **except** `SuperUser` + +NOTE: `SuperAdministrator` role is equivalent to 'root@pam'! Do not give this role to untrusted users. + * `NoAccess`: has no privileges (used to forbid access) * `PVEAdmin`: can do most tasks, but has no rights to modify system settings (`Sys.PowerMgmt`, `Sys.Modify`, `Realm.Allocate`) * `PVEAuditor`: has read only access @@ -748,6 +752,14 @@ We currently support the following privileges: Node / System related privileges:: +* `SuperUser`: modify root-only configuration options (warning! **do +not give this privilege to untrusted users**) + +NOTE: `SuperUser` privilege by itself does not equal the access level of 'root@pam'. + +NOTE: Certain actions on users with the `SuperUser` privilege are restricted to others +with `SuperUser`, i.e. changing their password or two-factor-authentication settings + * `Permissions.Modify`: modify access permissions * `Sys.PowerMgmt`: node power management (start, stop, reset, shutdown, ...) * `Sys.Console`: console access to node -- 2.30.2