Could it not simply be reencoded with the new key?

Erik

Den torsdag 2. april 2015 skrev Harikrishna Patnala <
harikrishna.patn...@citrix.com> følgende:

> Hi Nux,
>
> As already mentioned we store the encrypted vm password using the ssh key,
> so we need to reset the password also.
>
> Regarding the password field in the DB, we have an API to get the VM
> password (
> https://cloudstack.apache.org/docs/api/apidocs-4.5/root_admin/getVMPassword.html)
> which gets encrypted password from DB.
>
> Thanks,
> Harikrishna
>
> On 02-Apr-2015, at 5:07 am, Nux! <n...@li.nux.ro <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > Somesh,
> >
> > Why wouldn't the root password field in the DB just be left alone?
> >
> > --
> > Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology!
> >
> > Nux!
> > www.nux.ro
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Somesh Naidu" <somesh.na...@citrix.com <javascript:;>>
> >> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org <javascript:;>
> >> Sent: Thursday, 2 April, 2015 00:06:54
> >> Subject: RE: reset sshkeyforvirtualmachine also resets password
> >
> >> I believe so, since the VM's password (stored in the user_vm_details
> table)
> >> needs to be encrypted using the new keys and I believe encryption is a
> one-way
> >> hash.
> >>
> >> Somesh
> >> CloudPlatform Escalations
> >> Citrix Systems, Inc.
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Nux! [mailto:n...@li.nux.ro <javascript:;>]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2015 9:16 AM
> >> To: dev
> >> Subject: reset sshkeyforvirtualmachine also resets password
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I've just noticed resetsshkeyforvirtualmachine also resets the root
> password.
> >> This doesn't sound right. Is this supposed to happen?
> >>
> >> 4.4.3 RC2 (4.4-RC20150324T1321) CentOS/KVM
> >>
> >> --
> >> Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology!
> >>
> >> Nux!
> >> www.nux.ro
>
>

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