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Less known Solaris features: RBAC and Privileges - Part 4: Epilogue
Monday, February 4. 2008
The story of root - reprise
And then there was root again. And root was allmighty. And this time, it wasn´t a bad thing. root was able to distribute the powers between the servants. But no one was as powerful as root. They had only the powers to do their job. But not more. One servant had still the problem with to many prayers, but now this servant wasn´t able to destroy the world.
And then there was root again. And root was allmighty. And this time, it wasn´t a bad thing. root was able to distribute the powers between the servants. But no one was as powerful as root. They had only the powers to do their job. But not more. One servant had still the problem with to many prayers, but now this servant wasn´t able to destroy the world.
Even the mere mortals learned to use the power of root. Only a small group of trusted priests had the knowledge of magic chant to speak through root. All other had only the knowledge of minor chants to pray for their special wishes.
root got really cautious to give away his powers. From this day forth root casted only the absolutly needed powers to his servants and believers. And the world of root was a more secure place. It was still possible to destroy the world, but now it was much harder as there were now several guardians to protect the power of root.
The End
Interesting Links
Documentation
System Administration Guide: Security Services - Roles, Rights Profiles, and Privileges
RBAC
SMF and RBAC authorizations
Sun Whitepaper: RBAC in the Solaris Operating Environment
Custom Roles Using RBAC in the Solaris OS
Privileges
Limiting Service Privileges in the Solaris 10 Operating System
Privilege Debugging in the Solaris 10 Operating System
root got really cautious to give away his powers. From this day forth root casted only the absolutly needed powers to his servants and believers. And the world of root was a more secure place. It was still possible to destroy the world, but now it was much harder as there were now several guardians to protect the power of root.
The End
Interesting Links
Documentation
System Administration Guide: Security Services - Roles, Rights Profiles, and Privileges
RBAC
SMF and RBAC authorizations
Sun Whitepaper: RBAC in the Solaris Operating Environment
Custom Roles Using RBAC in the Solaris OS
Privileges
Limiting Service Privileges in the Solaris 10 Operating System
Privilege Debugging in the Solaris 10 Operating System
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Okay, okay ... as several people have asked for it ... but you know my opinion.
I´ve wrote a quite long article about RBAC and privileges. I had to divide it into 4 seperate parts: Less known Solaris features: RBAC and Privileges - Part 1: IntroductionLess known Solaris features: RBAC and Privileges - Part 2: Role based access contr
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