[pve-devel] [PATCH docs 3/4] qdevice: Add note about root login requirements

Dominic Jäger d.jaeger at proxmox.com
Tue Jul 28 11:32:14 CEST 2020


We mention Debian as external server before. On Debian it is easily possible
that SSH root login via password is prohibited.

Signed-off-by: Dominic Jäger <d.jaeger at proxmox.com>
---
 pvecm.adoc | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pvecm.adoc b/pvecm.adoc
index 390fb4b..47916fa 100644
--- a/pvecm.adoc
+++ b/pvecm.adoc
@@ -969,8 +969,10 @@ of the {pve} nodes:
 pve# pvecm qdevice setup <QDEVICE-IP>
 ----
 
-The SSH key from the cluster will be automatically copied to the QDevice. You
-might need to enter an SSH password during this step.
+The SSH key from the cluster will be automatically copied to the QDevice.
+
+NOTE: Make sure that the SSH configuration on your external server allows root
+login via password, if you are asked for a password during this step.
 
 After you enter the password and all the steps are successfully completed, you
 will see "Done". You can check the status now:
-- 
2.20.1





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