[chef] Re: Re: [chef-client] how to create a client without root permissions

[Ana Ferreira < >]

yes i know, but i cant have root acess on these machines.

with that information i could not understand how to set up the client nor the comunication between client and server.. because all the comunication use Knife. 
could you give me some guidance?

Ana Sofia

On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Julian C. Dunn < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

It's not recommended, because you won't be able to do many things
(example: manage services, install packages, etc.). That said:
http://docs.opscode.com/ctl_chef_client.html#run-as-non-root-user

You also can't use the standard bootstrap procedure, because you need
root privileges (or at least sudo) to install Chef Client on the box.

- Julian

On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 6:57 AM,  < "> > wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I m trying to create a client, that runs SLES 11, with non-root permission.
> I use de knife bootstrap to create the nodes, but in this situation it does t
> seems correct. because it need the user to be root.
>
> Can someone guide me on how to do this.
>
> Thank you

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