User configuration files
The user.cfg file holds all user and group information in the cluster and is located under /etc/pve/. It follows the following format to store all user information:
- For user information, the format is as follows:
<type>:<user>@realm:enable:expiry:f_name:l_name:email:comment
- For group information, the format is as follows:
<type>:<group_name>:user@realm:comment
Based on this format, the following is what our user.cfg file looks like right now. Depending on user information you have entered, the file content may vary:
user:root@pam:1:0:::[email protected]:: user:pmxuser@pve:1:0:ABC:XYZ:[email protected]:A User: group:test:wahmed@pve:This is Test Group:
Note that the file user.cfg does not hold any user password. This information is stored under /etc/pve/priv/shadow.cfg.
The password configuration file
The password configuration file is located under /etc/pve/priv/shadow.cfg and stores all the passwords for users in the cluster. The format is rather...
