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From: Fiona Ebner <f.ebner@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [pve-devel] [PATCH docs 5/5] user management: clarify that password changes for PAM realm only apply to local node
Date: Wed,  4 Dec 2024 12:37:08 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241204113708.50043-6-f.ebner@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20241204113708.50043-1-f.ebner@proxmox.com>

Reported in the community forum:
https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/158518/

Signed-off-by: Fiona Ebner <f.ebner@proxmox.com>
---
 pveum.adoc | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pveum.adoc b/pveum.adoc
index 81565ab..b8303e8 100644
--- a/pveum.adoc
+++ b/pveum.adoc
@@ -170,8 +170,14 @@ Linux PAM Standard Authentication
 
 As Linux PAM corresponds to host system users, a system user must exist on each
 node which the user is allowed to log in on. The user authenticates with their
-usual system password. This realm is added by default and can't be removed. In
-terms of configurability, an administrator can choose to require two-factor
+usual system password. This realm is added by default and can't be removed.
+
+Password changes via the GUI or, equivalently, the `/access/password` API
+endpoint only apply to the local node and not cluster-wide. Even though {pve}
+has a multi-master design, using different passwords for different nodes can
+still offer a security benefit.
+
+In terms of configurability, an administrator can choose to require two-factor
 authentication with logins from the realm and to set the realm as the default
 authentication realm.
 
-- 
2.39.5



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      parent reply	other threads:[~2024-12-04 11:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-12-04 11:37 [pve-devel] [PATCH widget-toolkit/manager/access-control/docs 0/5] " Fiona Ebner
2024-12-04 11:37 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH widget-toolkit 1/5] password edit: support specifying a hint Fiona Ebner
2024-12-04 11:37 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH manager 2/5] user: password edit: clarify that password changes for PAM realm only apply to local node Fiona Ebner
2024-12-04 11:37 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH access-control 3/5] api: " Fiona Ebner
2024-12-04 11:37 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH access-control 4/5] api: password: use singular they pronoun Fiona Ebner
2024-12-04 11:37 ` Fiona Ebner [this message]

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