remove rbac super user

cmd/kube-apiserver/app/server.go

@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ func Run(s *options.ServerRunOptions) error {
 								ApplyOptions(s.GenericServerRunOptions). // apply the options selected
 								ApplyInsecureServingOptions(s.InsecureServing).
 								ApplyAuthenticationOptions(s.Authentication).
-								ApplyRBACSuperUser(s.Authorization.RBACSuperUser).
 								ApplySecureServingOptions(s.SecureServing)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to configure https: %s", err)

federation/cmd/federation-apiserver/app/server.go

@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ func Run(s *options.ServerRunOptions) error {
 								ApplyOptions(s.GenericServerRunOptions). // apply the options selected
 								ApplyInsecureServingOptions(s.InsecureServing).
 								ApplyAuthenticationOptions(s.Authentication).
-								ApplyRBACSuperUser(s.Authorization.RBACSuperUser).
 								ApplySecureServingOptions(s.SecureServing)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to configure https: %s", err)

pkg/genericapiserver/authorizer/builtin.go

@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ func NewAuthorizerFromAuthorizationConfig(config AuthorizationConfig) (authorize
 				config.InformerFactory.RoleBindings().Lister(),
 				config.InformerFactory.ClusterRoles().Lister(),
 				config.InformerFactory.ClusterRoleBindings().Lister(),
-				config.RBACSuperUser,
 			)
 			authorizers = append(authorizers, rbacAuthorizer)
 		default:

pkg/genericapiserver/config.go

@@ -100,8 +100,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	SupportsBasicAuth bool
 	Authorizer        authorizer.Authorizer
 	AdmissionControl  admission.Interface
-	// TODO(ericchiang): Determine if policy escalation checks should be an admission controller.
-	AuthorizerRBACSuperUser string
 
 	// LoopbackClientConfig is a config for a privileged loopback connection to the API server
 	LoopbackClientConfig *restclient.Config
@@ -311,11 +309,6 @@ func (c *Config) ApplyAuthenticationOptions(o *options.BuiltInAuthenticationOpti
 	return c
 }
 
-func (c *Config) ApplyRBACSuperUser(rbacSuperUser string) *Config {
-	c.AuthorizerRBACSuperUser = rbacSuperUser
-	return c
-}
-
 // ApplyOptions applies the run options to the method receiver and returns self
 func (c *Config) ApplyOptions(options *options.ServerRunOptions) *Config {
 	if len(options.AuditLogPath) != 0 {

pkg/genericapiserver/options/authorization.go

@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ type BuiltInAuthorizationOptions struct {
 	WebhookConfigFile           string
 	WebhookCacheAuthorizedTTL   time.Duration
 	WebhookCacheUnauthorizedTTL time.Duration
-	RBACSuperUser               string
 }
 
 func NewBuiltInAuthorizationOptions() *BuiltInAuthorizationOptions {
@@ -72,9 +71,10 @@ func (s *BuiltInAuthorizationOptions) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 		"authorization-webhook-cache-unauthorized-ttl", s.WebhookCacheUnauthorizedTTL,
 		"The duration to cache 'unauthorized' responses from the webhook authorizer. Default is 30s.")
 
-	fs.StringVar(&s.RBACSuperUser, "authorization-rbac-super-user", s.RBACSuperUser, ""+
+	fs.String("authorization-rbac-super-user", "", ""+
 		"If specified, a username which avoids RBAC authorization checks and role binding "+
 		"privilege escalation checks, to be used with --authorization-mode=RBAC.")
+	fs.MarkDeprecated("authorization-rbac-super-user", "Removed during alpha to beta.  The 'system:masters' group has privileged access.")
 
 }
 
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ func (s *BuiltInAuthorizationOptions) ToAuthorizationConfig(informerFactory info
 		WebhookConfigFile:           s.WebhookConfigFile,
 		WebhookCacheAuthorizedTTL:   s.WebhookCacheAuthorizedTTL,
 		WebhookCacheUnauthorizedTTL: s.WebhookCacheUnauthorizedTTL,
-		RBACSuperUser:               s.RBACSuperUser,
 		InformerFactory:             informerFactory,
 	}
 }

pkg/master/master.go

@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ func (c completedConfig) New() (*Master, error) {
 		certificatesrest.RESTStorageProvider{},
 		extensionsrest.RESTStorageProvider{ResourceInterface: thirdparty.NewThirdPartyResourceServer(s, c.StorageFactory)},
 		policyrest.RESTStorageProvider{},
-		rbacrest.RESTStorageProvider{AuthorizerRBACSuperUser: c.GenericConfig.AuthorizerRBACSuperUser},
+		rbacrest.RESTStorageProvider{},
 		storagerest.RESTStorageProvider{},
 	}
 	m.InstallAPIs(c.Config.GenericConfig.APIResourceConfigSource, restOptionsFactory.NewFor, restStorageProviders...)

pkg/registry/rbac/clusterrole/policybased/storage.go

@@ -33,17 +33,14 @@ type Storage struct {
 	rest.StandardStorage
 
 	ruleResolver validation.AuthorizationRuleResolver
-
-	// user which skips privilege escalation checks
-	superUser string
 }
 
-func NewStorage(s rest.StandardStorage, ruleResolver validation.AuthorizationRuleResolver, superUser string) *Storage {
-	return &Storage{s, ruleResolver, superUser}
+func NewStorage(s rest.StandardStorage, ruleResolver validation.AuthorizationRuleResolver) *Storage {
+	return &Storage{s, ruleResolver}
 }
 
 func (s *Storage) Create(ctx api.Context, obj runtime.Object) (runtime.Object, error) {
-	if rbacregistry.EscalationAllowed(ctx, s.superUser) {
+	if rbacregistry.EscalationAllowed(ctx) {
 		return s.StandardStorage.Create(ctx, obj)
 	}
 
@@ -56,7 +53,7 @@ func (s *Storage) Create(ctx api.Context, obj runtime.Object) (runtime.Object, e
 }
 
 func (s *Storage) Update(ctx api.Context, name string, obj rest.UpdatedObjectInfo) (runtime.Object, bool, error) {
-	if rbacregistry.EscalationAllowed(ctx, s.superUser) {
+	if rbacregistry.EscalationAllowed(ctx) {
 		return s.StandardStorage.Update(ctx, name, obj)
 	}
 

pkg/registry/rbac/clusterrolebinding/policybased/storage.go

@@ -33,17 +33,14 @@ type Storage struct {
 	rest.StandardStorage
 
 	ruleResolver validation.AuthorizationRuleResolver
-
-	// user which skips privilege escalation checks
-	superUser string
 }
 
-func NewStorage(s rest.StandardStorage, ruleResolver validation.AuthorizationRuleResolver, superUser string) *Storage {
-	return &Storage{s, ruleResolver, superUser}
+func NewStorage(s rest.StandardStorage, ruleResolver validation.AuthorizationRuleResolver) *Storage {
+	return &Storage{s, ruleResolver}
 }
 
 func (s *Storage) Create(ctx api.Context, obj runtime.Object) (runtime.Object, error) {
-	if rbacregistry.EscalationAllowed(ctx, s.superUser) {
+	if rbacregistry.EscalationAllowed(ctx) {
 		return s.StandardStorage.Create(ctx, obj)
 	}
 
@@ -59,7 +56,7 @@ func (s *Storage) Create(ctx api.Context, obj runtime.Object) (runtime.Object, e
 }
 
 func (s *Storage) Update(ctx api.Context, name string, obj rest.UpdatedObjectInfo) (runtime.Object, bool, error) {
-	if rbacregistry.EscalationAllowed(ctx, s.superUser) {
+	if rbacregistry.EscalationAllowed(ctx) {
 		return s.StandardStorage.Update(ctx, name, obj)
 	}
 

pkg/registry/rbac/escalation_check.go

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/auth/user"
 )
 
-func EscalationAllowed(ctx api.Context, superUser string) bool {
+func EscalationAllowed(ctx api.Context) bool {
 	u, ok := api.UserFrom(ctx)
 	if !ok {
 		// the only way to be without a user is to either have no authenticators by explicitly saying that's your preference
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ func EscalationAllowed(ctx api.Context, superUser string) bool {
 		return true
 	}
 
-	// check to see if this subject is allowed to escalate
-	if len(superUser) != 0 && u.GetName() == superUser {
-		return true
-	}
 	// system:masters is special because the API server uses it for privileged loopback connections
 	// therefore we know that a member of system:masters can always do anything
 	for _, group := range u.GetGroups() {

pkg/registry/rbac/rest/storage_rbac.go

@@ -46,9 +46,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy"
 )
 
-type RESTStorageProvider struct {
-	AuthorizerRBACSuperUser string
-}
+type RESTStorageProvider struct{}
 
 var _ genericapiserver.PostStartHookProvider = RESTStorageProvider{}
 
@@ -83,19 +81,19 @@ func (p RESTStorageProvider) v1alpha1Storage(apiResourceConfigSource genericapis
 	storage := map[string]rest.Storage{}
 	if apiResourceConfigSource.ResourceEnabled(version.WithResource("roles")) {
 		rolesStorage := roleetcd.NewREST(restOptionsGetter(rbac.Resource("roles")))
-		storage["roles"] = rolepolicybased.NewStorage(rolesStorage, newRuleValidator(), p.AuthorizerRBACSuperUser)
+		storage["roles"] = rolepolicybased.NewStorage(rolesStorage, newRuleValidator())
 	}
 	if apiResourceConfigSource.ResourceEnabled(version.WithResource("rolebindings")) {
 		roleBindingsStorage := rolebindingetcd.NewREST(restOptionsGetter(rbac.Resource("rolebindings")))
-		storage["rolebindings"] = rolebindingpolicybased.NewStorage(roleBindingsStorage, newRuleValidator(), p.AuthorizerRBACSuperUser)
+		storage["rolebindings"] = rolebindingpolicybased.NewStorage(roleBindingsStorage, newRuleValidator())
 	}
 	if apiResourceConfigSource.ResourceEnabled(version.WithResource("clusterroles")) {
 		clusterRolesStorage := clusterroleetcd.NewREST(restOptionsGetter(rbac.Resource("clusterroles")))
-		storage["clusterroles"] = clusterrolepolicybased.NewStorage(clusterRolesStorage, newRuleValidator(), p.AuthorizerRBACSuperUser)
+		storage["clusterroles"] = clusterrolepolicybased.NewStorage(clusterRolesStorage, newRuleValidator())
 	}
 	if apiResourceConfigSource.ResourceEnabled(version.WithResource("clusterrolebindings")) {
 		clusterRoleBindingsStorage := clusterrolebindingetcd.NewREST(restOptionsGetter(rbac.Resource("clusterrolebindings")))
-		storage["clusterrolebindings"] = clusterrolebindingpolicybased.NewStorage(clusterRoleBindingsStorage, newRuleValidator(), p.AuthorizerRBACSuperUser)
+		storage["clusterrolebindings"] = clusterrolebindingpolicybased.NewStorage(clusterRoleBindingsStorage, newRuleValidator())
 	}
 	return storage
 }

pkg/registry/rbac/role/policybased/storage.go

@@ -33,17 +33,14 @@ type Storage struct {
 	rest.StandardStorage
 
 	ruleResolver validation.AuthorizationRuleResolver
-
-	// user which skips privilege escalation checks
-	superUser string
 }
 
-func NewStorage(s rest.StandardStorage, ruleResolver validation.AuthorizationRuleResolver, superUser string) *Storage {
-	return &Storage{s, ruleResolver, superUser}
+func NewStorage(s rest.StandardStorage, ruleResolver validation.AuthorizationRuleResolver) *Storage {
+	return &Storage{s, ruleResolver}
 }
 
 func (s *Storage) Create(ctx api.Context, obj runtime.Object) (runtime.Object, error) {
-	if rbacregistry.EscalationAllowed(ctx, s.superUser) {
+	if rbacregistry.EscalationAllowed(ctx) {
 		return s.StandardStorage.Create(ctx, obj)
 	}
 
@@ -56,7 +53,7 @@ func (s *Storage) Create(ctx api.Context, obj runtime.Object) (runtime.Object, e
 }
 
 func (s *Storage) Update(ctx api.Context, name string, obj rest.UpdatedObjectInfo) (runtime.Object, bool, error) {
-	if rbacregistry.EscalationAllowed(ctx, s.superUser) {
+	if rbacregistry.EscalationAllowed(ctx) {
 		return s.StandardStorage.Update(ctx, name, obj)
 	}
 

pkg/registry/rbac/rolebinding/policybased/storage.go

@@ -33,17 +33,14 @@ type Storage struct {
 	rest.StandardStorage
 
 	ruleResolver validation.AuthorizationRuleResolver
-
-	// user which skips privilege escalation checks
-	superUser string
 }
 
-func NewStorage(s rest.StandardStorage, ruleResolver validation.AuthorizationRuleResolver, superUser string) *Storage {
-	return &Storage{s, ruleResolver, superUser}
+func NewStorage(s rest.StandardStorage, ruleResolver validation.AuthorizationRuleResolver) *Storage {
+	return &Storage{s, ruleResolver}
 }
 
 func (s *Storage) Create(ctx api.Context, obj runtime.Object) (runtime.Object, error) {
-	if rbacregistry.EscalationAllowed(ctx, s.superUser) {
+	if rbacregistry.EscalationAllowed(ctx) {
 		return s.StandardStorage.Create(ctx, obj)
 	}
 
@@ -59,7 +56,7 @@ func (s *Storage) Create(ctx api.Context, obj runtime.Object) (runtime.Object, e
 }
 
 func (s *Storage) Update(ctx api.Context, name string, obj rest.UpdatedObjectInfo) (runtime.Object, bool, error) {
-	if rbacregistry.EscalationAllowed(ctx, s.superUser) {
+	if rbacregistry.EscalationAllowed(ctx) {
 		return s.StandardStorage.Update(ctx, name, obj)
 	}
 

plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/rbac.go

@@ -33,16 +33,10 @@ type RequestToRuleMapper interface {
 }
 
 type RBACAuthorizer struct {
-	superUser string
-
 	authorizationRuleResolver RequestToRuleMapper
 }
 
 func (r *RBACAuthorizer) Authorize(requestAttributes authorizer.Attributes) (bool, string, error) {
-	if r.superUser != "" && requestAttributes.GetUser() != nil && requestAttributes.GetUser().GetName() == r.superUser {
-		return true, "", nil
-	}
-
 	rules, ruleResolutionError := r.authorizationRuleResolver.RulesFor(requestAttributes.GetUser(), requestAttributes.GetNamespace())
 	if RulesAllow(requestAttributes, rules...) {
 		return true, "", nil
@@ -51,9 +45,8 @@ func (r *RBACAuthorizer) Authorize(requestAttributes authorizer.Attributes) (boo
 	return false, "", ruleResolutionError
 }
 
-func New(roles validation.RoleGetter, roleBindings validation.RoleBindingLister, clusterRoles validation.ClusterRoleGetter, clusterRoleBindings validation.ClusterRoleBindingLister, superUser string) *RBACAuthorizer {
+func New(roles validation.RoleGetter, roleBindings validation.RoleBindingLister, clusterRoles validation.ClusterRoleGetter, clusterRoleBindings validation.ClusterRoleBindingLister) *RBACAuthorizer {
 	authorizer := &RBACAuthorizer{
-		superUser: superUser,
 		authorizationRuleResolver: validation.NewDefaultRuleResolver(
 			roles, roleBindings, clusterRoles, clusterRoleBindings,
 		),

plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/rbac_test.go

@@ -122,8 +122,6 @@ func TestAuthorizer(t *testing.T) {
 		clusterRoles        []*rbac.ClusterRole
 		clusterRoleBindings []*rbac.ClusterRoleBinding
 
-		superUser string
-
 		shouldPass []authorizer.Attributes
 		shouldFail []authorizer.Attributes
 	}{
@@ -222,7 +220,7 @@ func TestAuthorizer(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for i, tt := range tests {
 		ruleResolver, _ := validation.NewTestRuleResolver(tt.roles, tt.roleBindings, tt.clusterRoles, tt.clusterRoleBindings)
-		a := RBACAuthorizer{tt.superUser, ruleResolver}
+		a := RBACAuthorizer{ruleResolver}
 		for _, attr := range tt.shouldPass {
 			if authorized, _, _ := a.Authorize(attr); !authorized {
 				t.Errorf("case %d: incorrectly restricted %s", i, attr)

test/integration/auth/rbac_test.go

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package auth
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/auth/authenticator"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/auth/authenticator/bearertoken"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/auth/authorizer"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/auth/user"
 	clientset "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/restclient"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/transport"
@@ -53,18 +51,13 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/registry/rbac/rolebinding"
 	rolebindingetcd "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/registry/rbac/rolebinding/etcd"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/watch"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/auth/authenticator/token/anytoken"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/integration/framework"
 )
 
 func newFakeAuthenticator() authenticator.Request {
-	return bearertoken.New(authenticator.TokenFunc(func(token string) (user.Info, bool, error) {
-		if token == "" {
-			return nil, false, errors.New("no bearer token found")
-		}
-		// Set the bearer token as the user name.
-		return &user.DefaultInfo{Name: token, UID: token}, true, nil
-	}))
+	return bearertoken.New(anytoken.AnyTokenAuthenticator{})
 }
 
 func clientForUser(user string) *http.Client {
@@ -82,7 +75,7 @@ func clientsetForUser(user string, config *restclient.Config) clientset.Interfac
 	return clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(&configCopy)
 }
 
-func newRBACAuthorizer(t *testing.T, superUser string, config *master.Config) authorizer.Authorizer {
+func newRBACAuthorizer(t *testing.T, config *master.Config) authorizer.Authorizer {
 	newRESTOptions := func(resource string) generic.RESTOptions {
 		storageConfig, err := config.StorageFactory.NewConfig(rbacapi.Resource(resource))
 		if err != nil {
@@ -95,7 +88,7 @@ func newRBACAuthorizer(t *testing.T, superUser string, config *master.Config) au
 	roleBindingRegistry := rolebinding.AuthorizerAdapter{Registry: rolebinding.NewRegistry(rolebindingetcd.NewREST(newRESTOptions("rolebindings")))}
 	clusterRoleRegistry := clusterrole.AuthorizerAdapter{Registry: clusterrole.NewRegistry(clusterroleetcd.NewREST(newRESTOptions("clusterroles")))}
 	clusterRoleBindingRegistry := clusterrolebinding.AuthorizerAdapter{Registry: clusterrolebinding.NewRegistry(clusterrolebindingetcd.NewREST(newRESTOptions("clusterrolebindings")))}
-	return rbac.New(roleRegistry, roleBindingRegistry, clusterRoleRegistry, clusterRoleBindingRegistry, superUser)
+	return rbac.New(roleRegistry, roleBindingRegistry, clusterRoleRegistry, clusterRoleBindingRegistry)
 }
 
 // bootstrapRoles are a set of RBAC roles which will be populated before the test.
@@ -240,7 +233,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 func TestRBAC(t *testing.T) {
-	superUser := "admin"
+	superUser := "admin/system:masters"
 
 	tests := []struct {
 		bootstrapRoles bootstrapRoles
@@ -339,9 +332,8 @@ func TestRBAC(t *testing.T) {
 	for i, tc := range tests {
 		// Create an API Server.
 		masterConfig := framework.NewIntegrationTestMasterConfig()
-		masterConfig.GenericConfig.Authorizer = newRBACAuthorizer(t, superUser, masterConfig)
+		masterConfig.GenericConfig.Authorizer = newRBACAuthorizer(t, masterConfig)
 		masterConfig.GenericConfig.Authenticator = newFakeAuthenticator()
-		masterConfig.GenericConfig.AuthorizerRBACSuperUser = superUser
 		_, s := framework.RunAMaster(masterConfig)
 		defer s.Close()
 
@@ -435,12 +427,11 @@ func TestRBAC(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestBootstrapping(t *testing.T) {
-	superUser := "admin"
+	superUser := "admin/system:masters"
 
 	masterConfig := framework.NewIntegrationTestMasterConfig()
-	masterConfig.GenericConfig.Authorizer = newRBACAuthorizer(t, superUser, masterConfig)
+	masterConfig.GenericConfig.Authorizer = newRBACAuthorizer(t, masterConfig)
 	masterConfig.GenericConfig.Authenticator = newFakeAuthenticator()
-	masterConfig.GenericConfig.AuthorizerRBACSuperUser = superUser
 	_, s := framework.RunAMaster(masterConfig)
 	defer s.Close()