I read freeipmi's code to see what the workaround does - it's very innocuous. It boils down to IPMI sessions being opened with the privilege level required for the command being used, rather than the maximum privilege level available for the user/ciphers available. For ipmipower, freeipmi uses the OPERATOR privilege level, which matches the IPMI spec's privilege level for the chassis control commands, which are used to to do on/off operations.
So, this workaround shouldn't have any impact on a system that don't require it, unless the system breaks IPMI compliance by requiring a privilege level higher than OPERATOR for power commands. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1287964 Title: MAAS incorrectly detects / sets-up BMC information on Dell PowerEdge servers To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/maas/+bug/1287964/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
