Zigbee / MQTT containers suddenly require login

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I installed zigbee and mqtt as containers on Proxmox using the tteck helper script. This is working fine for about a week now.

However, when trying to access the container consoles I noticed that I am now faced with a login dialogue. I am pretty sure the console directly opened a shell before. I can access the zigbee web interface and am aware of the API key, but that does not seem to double as root password for either container.

Q: How can I login again? I did not notice a web interface option to set container credentials.

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Did you try root with no password?

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Yes, but unfortunately that is not working

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Are you using SSH or trying direct in Proxmox?

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I was using the proxmox web interface console.

I just stumbled across a solution, though. A simple

pct enter <container id>

in a proxmox console opened a root shell which allowed me to reset the pw. I am still a bit surprised there’s a pw in the first place.

Anyway, thank you for your quick responses!

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I believe all tteck’s installs are set up this way: Wireguard and ROOT · tteck/Proxmox · Discussion #2691 · GitHub

So no SSH access unless you set a password. You have to use the Proxmox GUI.

No idea what happened in your case.