[09:46] so how do I set the password for a user? [09:46] seems whatever options I use I can't login [09:46] from the tty [09:47] I've managed to get ssh login working with ssh keys but if something goes wrong I can't see what's happening on the host [09:47] like if there's something wrong in the configuration and I can't login with anything [09:47] settings lock_passwd: false and passwd: foobar does nothing [09:48] let me correct that, plaing_text_passwd: foobar [09:48] plain [09:49] oh hell, I had used plain_text_password ... nevermind [09:50] is there some tool to validate the config? [09:52] ugh, didn't work with it correctly written either [10:05] the weird thing is, if I set a passwd sometimes it starts asking for it at ssh login [10:05] why can't systems just work [10:10] if I go in with sudo as root on the system, set the passwd then I can login from tty1 [10:13] I even tried copy pasting the pw hash from /etc/shadow but nothing [10:13] doing the manual thing with sudo just beats the purpose of this tool [10:28] not being able to login without ssh makes debuggin hell [11:23] maybe I'm using the tool for something it's not supposed to do [11:23] but feels like this is meant to deploy an image and then you ssh in and apply configuration after that with some other tools [11:42] Krikke, what do your log files say? [11:44] anyway, i apply the main part of my configuration with puppet, but not ssh stuff [11:45] the point is, I can't be arsed to mount the filesystem to see the log files, I am recreating it every time [11:45] if I can't log in, what use are the log files to me? [11:47] it's a really cumbersome way to debug [12:37] if i can't see log files, it's really hard to guess what the issue may be [12:38] that's my point [12:38] I can't access them [12:40] easily [12:42] i thought you got ssh access? [12:42] yeah sometimes [12:42] if I'm lucky to get a config that works [12:43] I can't view logs from a volume that has been destroyed [12:43] so I can only get logs from last boot [12:43] and if I can't ssh in then that goes out of the window [13:24] Krikke, so what's your config look like, exactly?