Hello,
it would be fine to have a group-based usermanagement in cacti like this:
- admin can create groups.
- admin can give these groups rights/permissions/access to graphs/plugins/realms/etc.
- user gets his collection of rights/permissions/access in being a member of one or more groups.
- a user can be a groupadmin of his group to add/modify/delete other users within his group.
If you have many users and many hosts, it takes a lot of time to apply rights/permissions/access for every user to particular hosts. Editing users groupmembership would be much faster at a lower risk of errors.
CU
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Sounds like a need for a "user template"
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Aye, best way to handle it.egarnel wrote:Sounds like a need for a "user template"
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I like the group approach as a class of user so that you don't have to modify all the users to make one change. So, as we grow this thing to the next level, groups are a must.
BTB, could someone tell me what the next level is, my visions becomming blurry. Must be age...
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BTB, could someone tell me what the next level is, my visions becomming blurry. Must be age...
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Isn't the next level something where :
- Cacti sets itself up, by itself, needing no help from us poor humans
- then figures out all the SNMP devices for you in the network
- lists all the nodes you'll "really need" and ignores those you definitly won't need in the future
- fixes all the SNMP issues out in the network, as well as highlighting those security issues with a "tut tut!!"
- makes sure that the coffee is made for you in the morning....
- Cacti sets itself up, by itself, needing no help from us poor humans
- then figures out all the SNMP devices for you in the network
- lists all the nodes you'll "really need" and ignores those you definitly won't need in the future
- fixes all the SNMP issues out in the network, as well as highlighting those security issues with a "tut tut!!"
- makes sure that the coffee is made for you in the morning....
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adrianmarsh wrote:Isn't the next level something where :
- Cacti sets itself up, by itself, needing no help from us poor humans
- then figures out all the SNMP devices for you in the network
- lists all the nodes you'll "really need" and ignores those you definitly won't need in the future
- fixes all the SNMP issues out in the network, as well as highlighting those security issues with a "tut tut!!"
- makes sure that the coffee is made for you in the morning....
[size=117][i][b]Tony Roman[/b][/i][/size]
[size=84][i]Experience is what causes a person to make new mistakes instead of old ones.[/i][/size]
[size=84][i]There are only 3 way to complete a project: Good, Fast or Cheap, pick two.[/i][/size]
[size=84][i]With age comes wisdom, what you choose to do with it determines whether or not you are wise.[/i][/size]
[size=84][i]Experience is what causes a person to make new mistakes instead of old ones.[/i][/size]
[size=84][i]There are only 3 way to complete a project: Good, Fast or Cheap, pick two.[/i][/size]
[size=84][i]With age comes wisdom, what you choose to do with it determines whether or not you are wise.[/i][/size]
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I like the version that helps my wife with the laundry and goes to work for me when I work too late on Cacti.
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Life is an adventure, let yours begin with Cacti!
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GitHub Repository with Supported Plugins
Percona Device Packages (no support)
Interesting Device Packages
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