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Test RBAC from another subject's perspective.

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Section: Debugging Pods and Containers

Check permission as another identity

bash
bash
kubectl auth can-i get secrets -n payments --as=system:serviceaccount:payments:web
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Test RBAC from another subject's perspective.

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