Create admin user

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1. Create user:

VAR_USERNAME=<username>
useradd -m -s /bin/bash -G sudo ${VAR_USERNAME} && pveum user add ${VAR_USERNAME}@pam

2. Create the group:

pveum group add admin -comment "System Administrators"


pveum acl modify / -group admin -role Administrator


3. Assign group to user:

pveum user modify <user>@pam -group admin

3+1. Disable root on gui (optional):

pveum user modify root@pam --enable 0

There are usecases when you need it, to enable

pveum user modify root@pam --enable 1