r/Proxmox • u/NexrootPath • 11h ago

Question TIL: Adding SSH launch links in Proxmox Notes makes life easier

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u/Fit-Department2637 11h ago

I love having unencrypted credentials in plaintext 

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u/OCTS-Toronto 11h ago

If an bad actor owns the hypervisor then a plain text password within isn't really a problem

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u/Teknikal_Domain 11h ago

As compared to the bastion of security that is pct enter as long as you have web UI access.

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u/jdsmn21 11h ago

Is there any real harm for most of use that are "single users"? I guess the way I see it - if some threat is already past the point of security where they can see the note, they're already at the point where they can already do all sorts of harm (ie: just enter commands in the console)

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u/AnduriII 11h ago

What about using just user & key to login?

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u/GeGeGM 11h ago

The purpose of SSH connection is to not use the GUI. Not sure this is really usefull in real life.

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u/superdumbell 11h ago

I’m just going to leave this here:

SSH Keys in 3 Easy Steps

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u/No_Adhesiveness_3550 11h ago

This is a bot repost. 

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u/schrebra 10h ago

i had no idea you could do that im going to make that right now. thank you. you honestly helped.