RancherOS Install to Hard Disk - Can't Login

[layer4down]

Hello,

  I'm trying to install RancherOS to a HDD. After successfully doing so, I am unable to login with rancher/rancher. I'm not familiar enough with logging in using the RSA public key (using SecureCRT) although I have tried. I've even gone so far as to copy the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files Linux user credentials from the live boot CD to the system-docker/../etc/.. directories on the target disk, but still no joy (with my own username/password or rancher/rancher). Can someone point me in the right direction here? Maybe even just the cloud-config syntax to add users would be great. Thanks in advance!

[wlan0]

Hey layer4down,

Can you show me your current cloud-config.yml file that you use to setup SSH keys?

Here's documentation for installing rancherOS to disk http://rancherio.github.io/os/docs/running-rancheros/server/install-to-disk/

Here's a valid cloud-config file.

```

#cloud-config

ssh_authorized_keys: 

- ssh-rsa AAA... user@host

```

Once you create a public-key/private-key pair, copy the public key to cloud-config following the example above. 

Then ssh into the newly installed rancherOS by doing

ssh -i `path-to-private-key` rancher@hostname

[layer4down]

wlan0

Thank you for taking an interest in my issue. After stepping away then coming back to re-read the docs, I realized that I was misinterpreting the context of some of the instructions! I'm now able to login with the via my SSH private key, thank you! Per chance, might you be able to provide the syntax for adding a new superuser to the cloud config file? Unless there's an easier way to gain SU privileges on the new HDD install?

[wlan0]

Currently, rancheros does not have support for adding users via cloud-config. The default user can gain admin privileges without a password.

[Brandon Hunter]

Ahh well that would explain the many failures then lol. Thanks so much! Would rate ya if I could 😉

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[layer4down]

Hopefully my folly will be useful to someone else. Once you follow all the instructions as explained, be sure to use the passwd command to set your own password for the rancher account (using 'rancher' as the old password). You will indeed be a superuser. Hopefully that's useful to someone else.