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bernp
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Minimal role/privileges for maintenance/shutdown/reboot

Hello,

I want to create a user for an operator, and a role for him, which is just enough to put the host in maintenance mode and shutdown/reboot.

What are the minimal privileges for this role ?

Thanks

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djciaro
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Privilege - Host > Configuration > Maintenance - (this allows:

  • Put a host into or out of maintenance mode

  • Reboot a host

  • Shut down a host

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bernp
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Yes, thanks.

But I would like this operator able to connect to the system host console, and shutdown/reboot the host.

And I just tried, an account with this privilege can connect via the virtual infrastructure client, but not on the host console (only root can do actually).

So, is there a role for that ? Or a mandatory UID (mine was created with UID 500) ? Or only root can do ?

Thanks,

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bernp
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So... I will reply to myself...

To be able to access host local console, and do a shutdown/reboot, this user must be in the "localadmin" group. If it's only for that purpose, no role is necessary.

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