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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Restricting access to code Post 302341035 by ilikecows on Wednesday 5th of August 2009 02:52:22 AM
Old 08-05-2009
I would recommend moving closer to a least privilege security model. If your OS has security labels, RBAC, or sudo you should convince your higher ups to implement them immediately. Now wouldn't be a bad time to test your backups either.
 

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LEARN ABOUT FREEBSD

priv_names

priv_names(4)							   File Formats 						     priv_names(4)

NAME

       priv_names - privilege definition file

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/security/priv_names

DESCRIPTION

       The  priv_names	file,  located	in /etc/security, defines the privileges with which a process can be associated. See privileges(5) for the
       privilege definitions. In that man page, privileges correspond to privilege names in priv_names as shown in the following examples:

       name in privileges(5)	     Name in priv_names
       PRIV_FILE_CHOWN		     file_chown
       PRIV_FILE_CHOWN_SELF	     file_chown_self
       PRIV_FILE_DAC_EXECUTE	     file_dac_execute

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWesu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       ppriv(1), attributes(5), privileges(5)

SunOS 5.10							    24 Nov 2003 						     priv_names(4)
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