PermissionsTableSeeder.php

<?php

// Composer: "fzaninotto/faker": "v1.3.0"
use Faker\Factory as Faker;

class PermissionsTableSeeder extends Seeder {

    public function run() {
        $faker = Faker::create('de_DE');

        foreach (['Owner', 'Admin', 'Moderator', 'Author', 'User'] as $role) {
            Role::create([
                    'name' => $role
            ]);
        }
        foreach ([['read_site', 'Read Site'], ['read_own_profile', 'Read Own Profile'], ['write_own_profile', 'Write Own Profile'], ['read_other_profile', 'Read Other Profile'], ['write_other_profile', 'Write Other Profile']] as $perm) {
            Permission::create([
                    'name' => $perm[0],
                    'display_name' => $perm[1],
            ]);
        }
        foreach ([[5, 1], [4, 3], [1, 5], [2, 4], [3, 3]] as $index) {
            Role::find($index[0])->perms()->save(Permission::find($index[1]));
        }
        foreach (range(1, 10) as $index) {
            User::find($index)->attachRole(Role::find($faker->numberBetween(1, 5)));
        }
    }

}