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Simon Strange wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This might be a silly question but if I have a fileserver configured like 
> this:
> 
> [files]
>  path = /etc/puppet/files
>  allow *
> 
> Does that mean:
> 
>  1.  Anybody in the world (who can reach my puppet master) can view/pull 
> files?
> 
>  2. Only the clients who've been signed via the "puppetca --sign"
> process can view/pull files?

There are two layers of granularity:

1.  Only clients authenticated via certificate can connect.
2.  Only clients which are authenticated AND specifically allowed
access to the file server mount can retrieve files.

Regards

James Turnbull

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