[chef] Re: Installing packages but running as non-root user

[Adam Jacob < >]

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Tristan Sloughter
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 wrote:
> I've been using the Chef client as a non-root user on all my nodes. It
> seemed like the right way to go. But now I want to be able to use the
> package resource to install some base packages on the CentOS nodes. Is there
> a way to have the resource sudo? Is it better to just run the client as
> root? Is there another way to accomplish this goal without running as root?

There is not really an easy way to have Chef elevate privileges in
this way - typically, this class of tool runs as root for precisely
these reasons.

Best,
Adam

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