[Planetlab-users] Can I have root access to planetlab nodes???

Larry Peterson llp at CS.Princeton.EDU
Mon Jan 7 09:10:53 EST 2008


The short answer is no, PlanetLab users are not granted root
access.  Too many users sharing a common platform. However,
we have found safe ways to give users the narrow privileges
they really need to do their experiments (in some cases). What
are you hoping to do?

Larry

On Jan 6, 2008 7:26 PM,  <abakr at stevens.edu> wrote:
> Hi all,
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> I am doing some experiments that require me to have root access.
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> Can I have root access to planetlab nodes?
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> Sincerely,
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> Alam Bakr
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