[chef] Re: Re: Re: System configuration tool comparison

[Joshua Timberman < >]

Hello,

Just to be clear, the ACLs are currently only available in the commercial 
Opscode Platform offering, not in the open source Chef Server. The client 
libraries are open source and unaffected, other than potentially being 
restricted by ACL.

The access control can be applied to any object managed by Chef.

- Nodes
- Clients
- Roles
- Cookbooks[0]
- Data Bags

The permissions can be managed by groups or per-user.

Further documentation for managing permissions in the Opscode Platform 
Management Console can be found on our help site:

http://help.opscode.com/faqs/manage/managing-permissions

Thanks!

[0]: Permissions can be assigned to specific cookbooks; i.e. user jtimberman 
can access the 'apache2' cookbook but not the 'mysql' cookbook.

On Aug 16, 2010, at 2:30 AM, Bart Vanbrabant wrote:

> I have a question about the access control. To what can access control
> be applied? Is this fine grained per parameter or very coarse per
> device?
> 
> I'll update the chef page based on your feedback.

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