On 02/17/2013 02:37 PM, Simo Sorce wrote:
> On Sat, 2013-02-16 at 13:31 +0000, Charlie Derwent wrote:
>>
>> Bit late to the conversation here, but if you want another example of
>> a
>> quasi-system account within IPA, there is the need for a user to
>> handle
>> automated enrollment/re-enrollment of servers.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
> For this we should be able to use a service principal, not a full
> account. Unless for some reason you need this principal to show up as a
> user in the system (full posixAccount).
>
> Simo.
>
I do not think we have any permission setup in IPA for a service account
to perform any modification operations. It can be host account though
and we have permission mechanisms built into IdM to allow a host
(provisioning system or hypervisor) manage other hosts and services
running on them. It should be in the docs.

-- 
Thank you,
Dmitri Pal

Sr. Engineering Manager for IdM portfolio
Red Hat Inc.


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