Anyone with rw permission on the ipmi device can tell the bmc to turn
off the power to the server, change sensor limits, and BIOS settings
in some cases
Access to ipmi isn't something ordinary users should have.
Phil P.
--
Philip Pokorny, RHCE
Chief Hardware Architect
PENGUIN COMPUTING, Inc
www.penguincomputing.com
On Nov 19, 2009, at 6:24 AM, "Luca Tettamanti" <kronos.it@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Jean Delvare <khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
For IPMI, I don't know if "ipmitool sensor" can be run as non-root,
this needs to be confirmed. I presume it depends on the permissions
of
the /dev/impi* nodes.
Yes, the user needs rw permission on the device node.
If you are willing to spend effort on this, I would be happy to
help were I
can!
The bottom line is that anyone who pushes IPMI sensors support
forward
has my blessing. Honestly, I don't care that much whether it is in
the
kernel or in libsensors, as long as it finally happens. It has been
pending for sooooo long :(
+1 ;-)
I have the hardware (a few Dell servers) so at least I can do testing
(and hopefully some coding).
L
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