[pdm-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup 1/4] tree-wide: user Userid::root_user() instead of hard-coded root at pam

Fabian Grünbichler f.gruenbichler at proxmox.com
Tue Nov 11 09:29:17 CET 2025


we were not super consistent here, and this might be a nice first step towards
later on replacing these call sites with calls to is_superuser(), if we go down
that route..

Signed-off-by: Fabian Grünbichler <f.gruenbichler at proxmox.com>
---
 pbs-config/src/acl.rs              |  2 +-
 pbs-config/src/cached_user_info.rs |  4 ++--
 pbs-config/src/user.rs             |  5 +++--
 src/api2/node/mod.rs               | 10 ++++++----
 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pbs-config/src/acl.rs b/pbs-config/src/acl.rs
index fb3863b8f..2abbf5802 100644
--- a/pbs-config/src/acl.rs
+++ b/pbs-config/src/acl.rs
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ impl AclTree {
 
         for (auth_id, roles) in &node.users {
             // no need to save, because root is always 'Administrator'
-            if !auth_id.is_token() && auth_id.user() == "root at pam" {
+            if !auth_id.is_token() && auth_id.user() == Userid::root_userid() {
                 continue;
             }
             for (role, propagate) in roles {
diff --git a/pbs-config/src/cached_user_info.rs b/pbs-config/src/cached_user_info.rs
index e1cd2d68a..0bba542b2 100644
--- a/pbs-config/src/cached_user_info.rs
+++ b/pbs-config/src/cached_user_info.rs
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ impl CachedUserInfo {
     }
 
     pub fn is_superuser(&self, auth_id: &Authid) -> bool {
-        !auth_id.is_token() && auth_id.user() == "root at pam"
+        !auth_id.is_token() && auth_id.user() == Userid::root_userid()
     }
 
     pub fn is_group_member(&self, _userid: &Userid, _group: &str) -> bool {
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ impl CachedUserInfo {
 
 impl UserInformation for CachedUserInfo {
     fn is_superuser(&self, userid: &str) -> bool {
-        userid == "root at pam"
+        userid == Userid::root_userid().as_str()
     }
 
     fn is_group_member(&self, _userid: &str, _group: &str) -> bool {
diff --git a/pbs-config/src/user.rs b/pbs-config/src/user.rs
index 08d141e66..87e3bfb2d 100644
--- a/pbs-config/src/user.rs
+++ b/pbs-config/src/user.rs
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ pub fn config() -> Result<(SectionConfigData, [u8; 32]), Error> {
 
     let digest = openssl::sha::sha256(content.as_bytes());
     let mut data = CONFIG.parse(USER_CFG_FILENAME, &content)?;
+    let root_user = Userid::root_userid().as_str();
 
-    if !data.sections.contains_key("root at pam") {
+    if !data.sections.contains_key(root_user) {
         let user: User = User {
             userid: Userid::root_userid().clone(),
             comment: Some("Superuser".to_string()),
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ pub fn config() -> Result<(SectionConfigData, [u8; 32]), Error> {
             lastname: None,
             email: None,
         };
-        data.set_data("root at pam", "user", &user).unwrap();
+        data.set_data(root_user, "user", &user).unwrap();
     }
 
     Ok((data, digest))
diff --git a/src/api2/node/mod.rs b/src/api2/node/mod.rs
index 83367bd09..72df9ea72 100644
--- a/src/api2/node/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api2/node/mod.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use proxmox_schema::*;
 use proxmox_sortable_macro::sortable;
 use proxmox_sys::fd::fd_change_cloexec;
 
-use pbs_api_types::{NODE_SCHEMA, PRIV_SYS_CONSOLE};
+use pbs_api_types::{Userid, NODE_SCHEMA, PRIV_SYS_CONSOLE};
 use tracing::{info, warn};
 
 use crate::auth::{private_auth_keyring, public_auth_keyring};
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ pub const SHELL_CMD_SCHEMA: Schema = StringSchema::new("The command to run.")
 )]
 /// Call termproxy and return shell ticket
 async fn termproxy(cmd: Option<String>, rpcenv: &mut dyn RpcEnvironment) -> Result<Value, Error> {
+    let root_user = Userid::root_userid();
+
     // intentionally user only for now
     let auth_id: Authid = rpcenv
         .get_auth_id()
@@ -125,14 +127,14 @@ async fn termproxy(cmd: Option<String>, rpcenv: &mut dyn RpcEnvironment) -> Resu
     match cmd.as_deref() {
         Some("login") | None => {
             command.push("login");
-            if userid == "root at pam" {
+            if userid == root_user {
                 command.push("-f");
                 command.push("root");
             }
         }
         Some("upgrade") => {
-            if userid != "root at pam" {
-                bail!("only root at pam can upgrade");
+            if userid != root_user {
+                bail!("only {root_user} can upgrade");
             }
             // TODO: add nicer/safer wrapper like in PVE instead
             command.push("sh");
-- 
2.47.3





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