Proxmox

Proxmox is the name of the software running the vm hosting software.

There are 4 server in the rack running proxmox, 2 of them are turned on.

The management interface is are:

User creation is not automatic, but password are checked against ldap, so member credentials work.

Resetting the Root Password

Sometimes something goes wrong with ldap auth and logging in as a pam user becomes necessary.

Reboot the hypervisor, cleanly if possible. ctrl+alt+del works.
while the machine is booting, watch from grub.
1. when grub comes up press 'e'
find the line that starts linux .... and at the end of it append init=/bin/bash


press F10 to boot
When you get dumped to a prompt run mount -o remount,rw /
run passwd to reset the root password
reboot