I'm beginning to work on adding new functionality which will allow root access
to be enabled or disabled per image (VCL-125). Please reply if you have any
thoughts or suggestions.
Here's what I'm thinking:
Add a column to the imagemeta table called 'rootaccess'. The default will be 1.
In orde
Actually the mantra of VCL is broader than that - it's to broker remote
access to a resource. This resource being a node in a datacenter(that can
be reloaded), a standlone lab machine, or even a 'service'.
There are a few reasons why this should be optional.
One is CIPA related. With more us
Since we're brainstorming, why not give all users sudo access all the
time and not have a distinction between root and/or admin level
access? The mantra of VCL (I think) is to provision a resource and
then blow it away, so why not let them have freedom in this temporary
environment all the
The latest commit by Brian highlighted that a feature change for root/admin
access might be needed for a future release(maybe for release 2.2).
Background:
Under certain provisioning engines or OS modules 'root/admin' level access
is granted because the node can be reloaded. Also enabling ro
