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@@ -59,19 +59,19 @@ <div class='mp' id='man'> <div class='man-navigation' style='display:none'> <a href="#NAME">NAME</a> <a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a> - <a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a> - <a href="#CLIENT-SUB-COMMANDS">CLIENT SUB-COMMANDS</a> + <a href="#SUB-COMMANDS">SUB-COMMANDS</a> <a href="#BULK-DELETE">BULK DELETE</a> <a href="#CREATE">CREATE</a> <a href="#DELETE">DELETE</a> <a href="#EDIT">EDIT</a> <a href="#LIST">LIST</a> <a href="#REREGISTER">REREGISTER</a> <a href="#SHOW">SHOW</a> + <a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a> <a href="#SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a> <a href="#AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a> <a href="#DOCUMENTATION">DOCUMENTATION</a> <a href="#CHEF">CHEF</a> </div> @@ -89,29 +89,15 @@ <h2 id="SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</h2> <p><strong>knife</strong> <strong>client</strong> <em>sub-command</em> <em>(options)</em></p> -<h2 id="DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</h2> +<h2 id="SUB-COMMANDS">SUB-COMMANDS</h2> -<p>Clients are identities used for communication with the Chef Server API, -roughly equivalent to user accounts on the Chef Server, except that -clients only communicate with the Chef Server API and are authenticated -via request signatures.</p> +<p>Client subcommands follow a basic create, read, update, delete (CRUD) +pattern. The Following subcommands are available:</p> -<p>In the typical case, there will be one client object on the server for -each node, and the corresponding client and node will have identical -names.</p> - -<p>In the Chef authorization model, there is one special client, the -"validator", which is authorized to create new non-administrative -clients but has minimal privileges otherwise. This identity is used as a -sort of "guest account" to create a client identity when initially -setting up a host for management with Chef.</p> - -<h2 id="CLIENT-SUB-COMMANDS">CLIENT SUB-COMMANDS</h2> - <h2 id="BULK-DELETE">BULK DELETE</h2> <p><strong>knife client bulk delete</strong> <em>regex</em> <em>(options)</em></p> <p>Delete clients where the client name matches the regular expression @@ -185,29 +171,46 @@ </dl> <p>Show a client. Output format is determined by the --format option.</p> +<h2 id="DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</h2> + +<p>Clients are identities used for communication with the Chef Server API, +roughly equivalent to user accounts on the Chef Server, except that +clients only communicate with the Chef Server API and are authenticated +via request signatures.</p> + +<p>In the typical case, there will be one client object on the server for +each node, and the corresponding client and node will have identical +names.</p> + +<p>In the Chef authorization model, there is one special client, the +"validator", which is authorized to create new non-administrative +clients but has minimal privileges otherwise. This identity is used as a +sort of "guest account" to create a client identity when initially +setting up a host for management with Chef.</p> + <h2 id="SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</h2> <p> <strong>knife-node</strong>(1)</p> <h2 id="AUTHOR">AUTHOR</h2> -<p> Chef was written by Adam Jacob <a href="&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x61;&#x64;&#x61;&#x6d;&#x40;&#111;&#x70;&#x73;&#99;&#x6f;&#x64;&#101;&#x2e;&#99;&#x6f;&#x6d;" data-bare-link="true">&#97;&#100;&#x61;&#109;&#x40;&#111;&#112;&#x73;&#x63;&#x6f;&#100;&#101;&#46;&#x63;&#111;&#x6d;</a> with many contributions from the community.</p> +<p> Chef was written by Adam Jacob <a href="&#x6d;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;&#x74;&#111;&#58;&#x61;&#x64;&#97;&#109;&#64;&#111;&#x70;&#115;&#99;&#x6f;&#x64;&#101;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;&#109;" data-bare-link="true">&#97;&#x64;&#97;&#x6d;&#64;&#111;&#112;&#x73;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x64;&#101;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#x6d;</a> with many contributions from the community.</p> <h2 id="DOCUMENTATION">DOCUMENTATION</h2> -<p> This manual page was written by Joshua Timberman <a href="&#109;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x74;&#111;&#58;&#106;&#111;&#115;&#104;&#x75;&#97;&#x40;&#x6f;&#112;&#x73;&#99;&#x6f;&#x64;&#101;&#x2e;&#99;&#111;&#109;" data-bare-link="true">&#106;&#111;&#115;&#x68;&#117;&#97;&#x40;&#x6f;&#x70;&#115;&#x63;&#x6f;&#100;&#x65;&#x2e;&#99;&#x6f;&#x6d;</a>. +<p> This manual page was written by Joshua Timberman <a href="&#x6d;&#97;&#x69;&#x6c;&#116;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#106;&#111;&#115;&#104;&#117;&#97;&#64;&#111;&#112;&#x73;&#99;&#x6f;&#x64;&#101;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;&#109;" data-bare-link="true">&#106;&#x6f;&#115;&#104;&#117;&#x61;&#64;&#111;&#x70;&#x73;&#x63;&#111;&#x64;&#x65;&#46;&#x63;&#111;&#109;</a>. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and / or modify this document under the terms of the Apache 2.0 License.</p> <h2 id="CHEF">CHEF</h2> <p> Knife is distributed with Chef. <a href="http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Home" data-bare-link="true">http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Home</a></p> <ol class='man-decor man-foot man foot'> - <li class='tl'>Chef 0.10.0.beta.8</li> + <li class='tl'>Chef 0.10.0.beta.9</li> <li class='tc'>April 2011</li> <li class='tr'>knife-client(1)</li> </ol> </div>