This is correct and I expect this part to work. But all the tools bypass this security. For example, If you run an sla report, it builds a new directory structure and hence the user that ran the report can see everything from the top level down. Also, the enable/disable menu option lets you see all hosts, same with findhost or even if you muck around with the hostsvc URL.
I was wondering if there was some way of either wrapping this functionality with something that restricts the hosts (like as if bbhostgrep is used as the input to all these functions or something).
Has anyone achieved this or is it not possible without changing the source?
Phil
On 16/11/2007, Iain Conochie <iain at shihad.org> wrote:
Josh Luthman wrote:
With two groups of hosts you still only have one directory accessible by web. This means Apache HTTP authentication is out of the question.
That's about all I can tell you =/
Not necessarily!
You can use the PAGE statement in bb-hosts and then you have a new directory for each page and sub-page underneath. You can then use apache auth for that.
Then for the top level you can also use apache auth for admins
Cheers
Iain
On 11/15/07, *Phil Wild* <philwild at gmail.com <mailto:philwild at gmail.com>> wrote:
No, not quite, I want to make a single hobbit install work for two groups of users, and I don't want group A to have any access to see or do anything to Group B hosts and vice versa. I am tryingto find out if there is a way of restricting the reports/tools/executables to only run against a subset of the hosts defined in bbhosts say like using bbgrep to filter on a tag or something for all functions. Any ideas? Phil On 16/11/2007, *Josh Luthman* < josh at imaginenetworksllc.com <mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com>> wrote: The default Apache configuration that Hobbit makes for you will specify requiring HTTP logins for the cgisec directory. Is this what you're looking for? On 11/14/07, * Phil Wild* <philwild at gmail.com <mailto:philwild at gmail.com>> wrote: Hello, I am looking at setting up hobbit to manage two groups of hosts. I would prefer to just deploy one hobbit installation for both groups. For most of the hobbit web pages, Apache security solves a lot of the browsing issues but the cgi-bin executables and menus are the problem. I want to make sure one group don't have access to see or make changes to the other groups hosts. The areas I see a problem with are: hobbit-enadis.sh bb-findhost.sh hobbit-confreport.sh I would like to restrict the above to only work with a subset of hosts (perhaps a tag in the bbhosts file) The reports generate web pages on the fly and drop the user at the top level page which is not what I would prefer (each group have their own top level page etc.) All nongreen view is also an issue and lastly, manually modifying the URL based on bb-hostsvc.sh to get to a web page for a host in the other groups list is also a problem. Any ideas how I can address this? Thanks Phil -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer -- Tel: 0400 466 952 Fax: 0433 123 226 email: philwild at gmail.com <mailto:philwild at gmail.com>-- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373
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