distro/common/markdown/man1/knife-client.mkd in chef-0.10.0.beta.8 vs distro/common/markdown/man1/knife-client.mkd in chef-0.10.0.beta.9

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@@ -3,28 +3,14 @@ ## SYNOPSIS __knife__ __client__ _sub-command_ _(options)_ -## DESCRIPTION -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. +## SUB-COMMANDS +Client subcommands follow a basic create, read, update, delete (CRUD) +pattern. The Following subcommands are available: -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. - -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. - -## CLIENT SUB-COMMANDS - ## BULK DELETE __knife client bulk delete__ _regex_ _(options)_ Delete clients where the client name matches the regular expression _regex_ on the Chef Server. The regular expression should be given as a @@ -83,9 +69,25 @@ * `-a`, `--attribute ATTR`: Show only one attribute Show a client. Output format is determined by the --format option. + +## DESCRIPTION +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. + +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. + +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. ## SEE ALSO __knife-node__(1) ## AUTHOR