[chef] Re: Re: Validation keys at Chef server

[Steven Danna < >]

Hi,

On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 3:33 PM, Arnold Krille 
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 wrote:

> I think the main reason Chef-Server can't give you the validation-key
> is that it doesn't store the private keys of users, machines or
> validators. And if it did, there would be several people filing urgent
> security reports against it...

This is correct.  The server does not store the private key and thus
there is no way to redownload the private key for an existing client
from the Chef server without resetting the keys.

Cheers,

Steven