[pve-devel] [PATCH installer 3/7] low-level: change root password option to contain either plaintext or hash

Christoph Heiss c.heiss at proxmox.com
Thu May 23 14:19:31 CEST 2024


A hashed password can be created e.g. using the `mkpasswd(1)`.
This then will allow the auto-installer to pass along a
already-hashed password from the user, instead of simple plaintext.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Heiss <c.heiss at proxmox.com>
---
 Proxmox/Install.pm        | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
 Proxmox/Install/Config.pm | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
 proxinstall               |  4 ++--
 3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Proxmox/Install.pm b/Proxmox/Install.pm
index c0f8955..bcf8ba7 100644
--- a/Proxmox/Install.pm
+++ b/Proxmox/Install.pm
@@ -621,6 +621,27 @@ sub prepare_grub_efi_boot_esp {
     die "failed to prepare EFI boot using Grub on '$espdev': $err" if $err;
 }
 
+my sub setup_root_password {
+    my ($targetdir) = @_;
+
+    my $plain = Proxmox::Install::Config::get_root_password('plain');
+    my $hashed = Proxmox::Install::Config::get_root_password('hashed');
+
+    die "root password must be set!\n"
+	if !defined($plain) && !defined($hashed);
+
+    die "plain and hashed root password cannot be set at the same time!\n"
+	if defined($plain) && defined($hashed);
+
+    if (defined($plain)) {
+	my $octets = encode("utf-8", $plain);
+	run_command("chroot $targetdir /usr/sbin/chpasswd", undef, "root:$octets\n");
+    } elsif (defined($hashed)) {
+	my $octets = encode("utf-8", $hashed);
+	run_command("chroot $targetdir /usr/sbin/chpasswd --encrypted", undef, "root:$octets\n");
+    }
+}
+
 sub extract_data {
     my $iso_env = Proxmox::Install::ISOEnv::get();
     my $run_env = Proxmox::Install::RunEnv::get();
@@ -1269,9 +1290,7 @@ _EOD
 
 	diversion_remove($targetdir, "/sbin/start-stop-daemon");
 
-	# set root password
-	my $octets = encode("utf-8", Proxmox::Install::Config::get_password());
-	run_command("chroot $targetdir /usr/sbin/chpasswd", undef, "root:$octets\n");
+	setup_root_password($targetdir);
 
 	# set root ssh keys
 	my $ssh_keys = Proxmox::Install::Config::get_root_ssh_keys();
diff --git a/Proxmox/Install/Config.pm b/Proxmox/Install/Config.pm
index ecd8a74..0313fd9 100644
--- a/Proxmox/Install/Config.pm
+++ b/Proxmox/Install/Config.pm
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ my sub init_cfg {
 	keymap => 'en-us',
 
 	# root credentials & details
-	password => undef,
+	root_password => undef,
 	mailto => 'mail at example.invalid',
 	root_ssh_keys => [],
 
@@ -196,8 +196,22 @@ sub get_timezone { return get('timezone'); }
 sub set_keymap { set_key('keymap', $_[0]); }
 sub get_keymap { return get('keymap'); }
 
-sub set_password { set_key('password', $_[0]); }
-sub get_password { return get('password'); }
+sub set_root_password {
+    my ($key) = @_;
+    croak "unknown root password option '$key'"
+	if $key ne 'plain' && $key ne 'hashed';
+
+    set_key('root_password', { $_[0] => $_[1] });
+}
+
+sub get_root_password {
+    my ($key) = @_;
+    croak "unknown root password option '$key'"
+	if $key ne 'plain' && $key ne 'hashed';
+
+    my $password = get('root_password');
+    return defined($password->{$key}) ? $password->{$key} : undef;
+}
 
 sub set_mailto { set_key('mailto', $_[0]); }
 sub get_mailto { return get('mailto'); }
diff --git a/proxinstall b/proxinstall
index a6a4cfb..12f3eaa 100755
--- a/proxinstall
+++ b/proxinstall
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ sub create_password_view {
 
     cleanup_view();
 
-    my $password = Proxmox::Install::Config::get_password();
+    my $password = Proxmox::Install::Config::get_root_password('plain');
 
     my $grid = &$create_basic_grid();
     $gtk_state->{inbox}->pack_start($grid, 0, 0, 0);
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ sub create_password_view {
 	    return;
 	}
 
-	Proxmox::Install::Config::set_password($t1);
+	Proxmox::Install::Config::set_root_password('plain', $t1);
 	Proxmox::Install::Config::set_mailto($t3);
 
 	$step_number++;
-- 
2.44.0





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