Michael, Here at NCSU I have an existing provisioning system that generates kickstarts based on a set of "keyword [value [value...]]" rules. We'd like to continue to use that as it works well for us...and it integrates with Cobbler well. So given that, admins already have the ability to control/alter their profiles in a defined way that scales well and lonely me can support. What I'd like from Cobbler is the ability for a select few admins (like me) to be able to setup all the bits to make Cobbler distros/profiles etc. work. Normal admins should be able to associate a MAC address with a profile and remove said MAC. Actually, it would be great if an admin could associate a hostname/IP address with a profile and Cobbler would run a plugin to translate that into a MAC. Groups of admins as well. Any admin can modify MAC->profile of any other admin provided both are in the same group. Authentication via kerberos (PAM probably) authorization done by auto generated groups of admins (a plugin)? Okay...some half-baked ideas about how I see a workflow here. If you have questions please feel free. Jack Neely -- Jack Neely <jjneely@xxxxxxxx> Linux Czar, OIT Campus Linux Services Office of Information Technology, NC State University GPG Fingerprint: 1917 5AC1 E828 9337 7AA4 EA6B 213B 765F 3B6A 5B89 _______________________________________________ et-mgmt-tools mailing list et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools
