[chef] RE: Re: Client privileges

[Daniel Oliver < >]

This is not true -- all API clients can currently upload/change/delete
cookbooks on the FOSS server.  See my other mail and CHEF-2436

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From: Noah Kantrowitz 
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Sent: 28 June 2011 19:26
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Subject: [chef] Re: Client privileges

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
> 
>

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