Chapter 17. Impersonating the system:admin user
17.1. API impersonation Copy linkLink copied to clipboard!
You can configure a request to the OpenShift Container Platform API to act as though it originated from another user. For more information, see User impersonation in the Kubernetes documentation.
17.2. Impersonating the system:admin user Copy linkLink copied to clipboard!
You can grant a user permission to impersonate system:admin
, which grants them cluster administrator permissions.
Procedure
To grant a user permission to impersonate
system:admin
, run the following command:oc create clusterrolebinding <any_valid_name> --clusterrole=sudoer --user=<username>
$ oc create clusterrolebinding <any_valid_name> --clusterrole=sudoer --user=<username>
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system:admin
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17.3. Impersonating the system:admin group Copy linkLink copied to clipboard!
When a system:admin
user is granted cluster administration permissions through a group, you must include the --as=<user> --as-group=<group1> --as-group=<group2>
parameters in the command to impersonate the associated groups.
Procedure
To grant a user permission to impersonate a
system:admin
by impersonating the associated cluster administration groups, run the following command:oc create clusterrolebinding <any_valid_name> --clusterrole=sudoer --as=<user> \ --as-group=<group1> --as-group=<group2>
$ oc create clusterrolebinding <any_valid_name> --clusterrole=sudoer --as=<user> \ --as-group=<group1> --as-group=<group2>
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