[chef] Re: Can't login to chef-webui

[Joshua Timberman < >]

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Ohai!

On Jan 23, 2011, at 11:04 PM, Laran Evans wrote:

> I'm running chef in this environment
> 
> chef-server     1.0.12
> chef-client     0.8.10
> Ubuntu       9.10
> 
> I had to log into the chef webui for the first time today since April.
> It wouldn't accept my openid login. I verified my login with myopenid
> just this morning.
> 
> Is there any way I can retrieve a lost login, or login through a
> backdoor to reset my credential or anything like that?


Check that the openids haven't been restricted in the Chef Server 
configuration, and that OpenID is still an allowed login method for the 
server.

The configuration options specific for the webui are documented here:

http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Chef+Configuration+Settings#ChefConfigurationSettings-webuioptions

You can view the allowed openids for users by querying the couchdb database 
directly. For example:

curl http://localhost:5984/chef/_design/users/_view/all
{"total_rows":2,"offset":0,"rows":[
{"id":"0d2dfc8f-c025-465b-8898-e58ffa2817e5","key":"admin","value":{"_id":"0d2dfc8f-c025-465b-8898-e58ffa2817e5","_rev":"1-6d8834f8156c455a7ea7eb86dcc9ea3b","salt":"Tue
 Mar 16 15:54:38 -0600 
2010YTgEXVRQS4KQcBrx62sIiMxmVZmOwB","name":"admin","json_class":"Chef::WebUIUser","admin":true,"openid":"http://YOU.myopenid.com/","password":"72239514dce8ed851bc8390c7df412b197f55a0d","chef_type":"webui_user"}},

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