1. Using Puppet to Perform Configuration Management in Oracle Solaris 11.4
  2. Using Puppet to Manage System Configuration in Oracle Solaris
  3. Puppet Privileges and Authorizations

Puppet Privileges and Authorizations

Use one of the following methods to gain the privilege you need to configure and administer Puppet. See Securing Users and Processes in Oracle Solaris 11.4 for more information about roles and profiles, including how to determine which role or profile you need.

Roles

Use the roles command to list the roles that are assigned to you. Use the su command with the name of the role to assume that role. As this role, you can execute any commands that are permitted by the rights profiles that are assigned to that role.

Rights profiles

You must have the Puppet Management rights profile to administer Puppet. Use the profiles command to list the rights profiles that are assigned to you.

Use one of the following methods to execute commands that your rights profiles permit you to execute:

  • Use a profile shell such as pfbash or pfksh.

  • Use the pfexec command in front of the command that you want to execute. In general, you must specify the pfexec command with each privileged command that you execute.

sudo command

Depending on the security policy at your site, you might be able to use the sudo command with your user password to execute a privileged command.