diff --git a/docs/auth.md b/docs/auth.md index 0c524547..5195971b 100644 --- a/docs/auth.md +++ b/docs/auth.md @@ -1,7 +1,5 @@ # Authentication -PiKVM OS is based on a regular Linux system, so everything about authorization in this OS is also true for PiKVM. - !!! warning "PiKVM comes with the following default passwords" * **Linux admin** (SSH, console, etc.): user `root`, password `root`. @@ -60,6 +58,9 @@ To obtain it in the Web Terminal, type `su -` and then enter the `root` user pas This password is used, among the Web UI login, to access the [API](api.md), [VNC](vnc.md) (if enabled) and other functions that do not concern the OS shell. +By default, an authentication method similar to Apache Server is configured: users and passwords +are stored encrypted in the `/etc/kvmd/htpasswd` file. To manage them, there is a utility `kvmd-htpasswd`. + ```console [root@pikvm ~]# rw [root@pikvm ~]# kvmd-htpasswd set admin @@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ with different passwords to access the Web UI, but keep in mind that they all ha [root@pikvm ~]# kvmd-htpasswd del # Removes/deletes a user ``` -At the moment there is no method to create any ACL for different KVM users. +At the moment there is no way to create any ACL for different KVM users. -----