[chef] Re: Client privileges

[Noah Kantrowitz < >]

Assuming you mean the FOSS server (Hosted Chef has its own ACL system, so it 
can be locked down to within an inch of its life), a non-admin client can 
read all data from the server, perform searches (read: possible CPU DoS), and 
write to a node with the same name as the client (read: possible storage 
DoS). Hope that helps.

--Noah

On Jun 28, 2011, at 10:52 AM, Anthony Goddard wrote:

> Hi All,
> I'm poking around at the different privileges for admin / non admin users / 
> clients, mostly with a view to considering what happens if root privileges 
> are gained by a malicious user on a machine that's managed by chef. I know 
> the user can do a lot of queries using the client.pem but can't write 
> changes, though I'm not sure of the specifics.
> 
> I'm wondering if there's any more info around (haven't been able to find it 
> on the wiki) regarding exactly what the differences are between admin users 
> and regular users, what privileges a client has etc..
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Ant
> 
>