Digging up an old thread, I'm confused because this bug:
http://sourceforge.net/p/xcat/bugs/2908/
seems to indicate that it's been fixed as of v 2.7.4, yet I'm running 2.7.6
and observing the same issue as Matthias describes, below.

I'm trying to let users log into the web gui, but limit their commands to a
list like this example, in the policy table:
"6.1","lneild",,"authcheck,tabdump,tabedit,lsdef,nodels,chtab",,,,"allow",,

When I just have authcheck only, I can log in but not see any nodes. Adding
more commands after authcheck, I can't log in at all.

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Lanae Neild                  [email protected]
Systems Programmer I, CCIT, Clemson University
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On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Thang Pham <[email protected]> wrote:

> The xCAT UI uses many commands, e.g. tabdump, lsdef, nodels, and more.
>  There is a bug in xcatd where support for multiple commands in the policy
> table is not supported.  I will opened a bug for this.  I usually do not
> limit the user in the policy table, but instead deny them access to the
> main xCAT UI page and force them to go into the xCAT self-service portal.
>  The manual way to set the node owner is to run:
>
>    chtab node=mynode nodetype.comments="owner:myuser"
>
> Once you add this, the nodes should appear into the self-service portal's
> nodes table.  The self-service portal is really limited for non-zVM
> platforms, since I did not add them in yet.  But you should be able to run
> rpower against nodes.
>
>
> Regards,
> -------------------------------------
> *Thang Pham*
> IBM Poughkeepsie
> Phone: (845) 433-7567* *
> e-mail: [email protected]
>
>
> [image: Inactive hide details for Matthias.Merk---05/29/2012 10:59:06
> AM---Hi, When adding "authcheck" to the list of commands, the 
> use]Matthias.Merk---05/29/2012
> 10:59:06 AM---Hi, When adding "authcheck" to the list of commands, the user
> doesn't see any
>
> From: [email protected]
> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>,
> Date: 05/29/2012 10:59 AM
>
> Subject: Re: [xcat-user] adding user to web-ui
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> When adding "authcheck" to the list of commands, the user doesn't see any
> nodes in the webui.
> Removing "authcheck" the user is able to see all nodes and do everything
> ie. like root.
> Appending another command to authcheck ie. "authcheck,tabdump" denies
> login for the user.
>
> Now i'm more confused than before :)
>
> The service portal just states that the users doesn't own any nodes, no
> matter which user.
>
> --
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best Regards
>
> Matthias Merk
>
> Thang Pham <[email protected]> schrieb am 24.05.2012 22:32:17:
>
> > Von: Thang Pham <[email protected]>
> > An: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>
> > Kopie: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>
> > Datum: 24.05.2012 22:33
> > Betreff: Re: [xcat-user] adding user to web-ui
> >
> > You need to add "authcheck" to the list of commands.  This is used
> > to authenticate the user with xCAT.  For example, in the policy
> > table, you need to have an entry similar to:
> > "6.10","thang",,"authcheck",,,,"allow","privilege:root;",
> >
> > There is current work on a self service page.  It is currently only
> > fully supported on z/VM.  Other platforms and hypervisors are not
> > yet fully supported.  To get to that page, point your browser to:
> > localhost/xcat/service.php.  The latest snap build of the xCAT-UI
> > package has the self-service page (https://sourceforge.net/projects/
> > xcat/files/yum/devel/core-snap/).
> >
> > Regards,
> > Thang
> >
> > -----Lissa Valletta/Poughkeepsie/IBM@IBMUS wrote: -----
> > To: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>
> > From: Lissa Valletta/Poughkeepsie/IBM@IBMUS
> > Date: 05/24/2012 02:05PM
> > Cc: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [xcat-user] adding user to web-ui
>
> > This works for the CLI ,   not sure why it affects the web-ui login.
> >
> > Lissa K. Valletta
> > 2-3/T12
> > Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
> > (tie 293) 433-3102
> >
> >
> >
> > [Bild entfernt] Matthias.Merk---05/24/2012 11:46:10 AM---Thanks that
> > worked well. As soon as i added a noderange and/or command,
> > parameters etc to the
> >
> > From: [email protected]
> > To: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>
> > Date: 05/24/2012 11:46 AM
> > Subject: Re: [xcat-user] adding user to web-ui
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks that worked well.
> > As soon as i added a noderange and/or command, parameters etc to the
> > policy table for that user - login was denied.
> > So i guess a i can't limit the users permissions within the web-ui to
> > certain hosts or commands?
> >
> > --
> > Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best Regards
> >
> > Matthias Merk
> >
> > Thang Pham <[email protected]> schrieb am 23.05.2012 15:41:35:
> >
> > > Von: Thang Pham <[email protected]>
> > > An: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>
> > > Kopie: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>
> > > Datum: 23.05.2012 15:42
> > > Betreff: Re: [xcat-user] adding user to web-ui
> > >
> > > The manual way to add a user is to:
> > > 1. chtab username=myuser passwd.key=xcat passwd.password=mypassword
> > > 2. chtab name=myuser policy.priority=6.10 policy.rule=allow
> > > policy.comments="privilege:root;"
> > >
> > > This will allow users to access the main xCAT page, e.g. localhost/
> > > xcat.  Note that the priority of each user must be unique.  For
> > > example, if the priority of the user above is 6.10, the next user
> > > must have a priority of 6.11, ...
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > -------------------------------------
> > > Thang Pham
> > > IBM Poughkeepsie
> > > Phone: (845) 433-7567
> > > e-mail: [email protected]
> > >
> > >
> > > [Bild entfernt] Lissa Valletta---05/23/2012 08:29:47 AM---I thought
> > > they would login with the XCAT password.  Once you add them as xCAT
> > > users they run the xCA
> > >
> > > From: Lissa Valletta/Poughkeepsie/IBM@IBMUS
> > > To: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>,
> > > Cc: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>
> > > Date: 05/23/2012 08:29 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [xcat-user] adding user to web-ui
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I thought they would login with the XCAT password.  Once you add
> > > them as xCAT users they run the xCAT commands as root.   I guess we
> > > need the web-ui person to address this.
> > >
> > > Lissa K. Valletta
> > > 2-3/T12
> > > Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
> > > (tie 293) 433-3102
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Bild entfernt] Matthias.Merk---05/23/2012 07:53:54 AM---some users
> > > are already defined and able to use the xcat cli commands but i
> > > couldn't figure with whi
> > >
> > > From: [email protected]
> > > To: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>
> > > Date: 05/23/2012 07:53 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [xcat-user] adding user to web-ui
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > some users are already defined and able to use the xcat cli commands
> but
> > i
> > > couldn't figure with which password they should be able to login to
> the
> > > web-ui or how to set it.
> > > i tried adding an entry to the passwd table and the password for the
> > > account on the MN itself.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best Regards
> > >
> > > Matthias Merk
> > >
> > > Lissa Valletta <[email protected]> schrieb am 23.05.2012 13:39:08:
> > >
> > > > Von: Lissa Valletta <[email protected]>
> > > > An: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>
> > > > Kopie: [email protected]
> > > > Datum: 23.05.2012 13:40
> > > > Betreff: Re: [xcat-user] adding user to web-ui
> > > >
> > > > I first admit I have not used the xCAT-UI much  but could it be the
> > > > same process as adding any non-root user to xCAT.
> > > >
> > > > https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/xcat/index.php?
> > > > title=Granting_Users_xCAT_privileges
> > > >
> > > > Lissa K. Valletta
> > > > 2-3/T12
> > > > Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
> > > > (tie 293) 433-3102
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > [Bild entfernt] Matthias.Merk---05/23/2012 07:34:34 AM---Hi, I would
> > > > like to let some users power up/down specific images via the
> > > >
> > > > From: [email protected]
> > > > To: [email protected]
> > > > Date: 05/23/2012 07:34 AM
> > > > Subject: [xcat-user] adding user to web-ui
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I would like to let some users power up/down specific images via the
>
> > > > web-ui and was wondering if it's possible to add users to the web-ui
>
> > > (i'm
> > > > only aware of the xcat entry in the passwd table) and if the added
> > users
> > >
> > > > get their permission from the policy table?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best Regards
> > > >
> > > > Matthias Merk
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