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Operating Systems AIX List of AIX commands that can be run by ROOT user ONLY Post 302783021 by dukessd on Tuesday 19th of March 2013 08:04:24 PM
Old 03-19-2013
Isn't that a bit like asking who can drive my car?

It depends on who you have given the keys too, or if you are out and left the keys at home, or work, who knows which drawer you keep them in, and who has access to your home or office...

Who can, or has, changed the permissions on any file or directory...

Who has access to the system and what permissions they might have to enable then to gain access...

The list is endless depending on your configuration...

If you are asking from a default AIX install perspective then it will probably also depend on the exact level, what is installed, who or what has access via various different methods - Tivoli Access Manager, HMC commands via RMC, Etc.

I don't think you'll ever find a definitive list.

HTH
 

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GSHADOW(5)                                                 File Formats and Conversions                                                 GSHADOW(5)

NAME
gshadow - shadowed group file DESCRIPTION
/etc/gshadow contains the shadowed information for group accounts. This file must not be readable by regular users if password security is to be maintained. Each line of this file contains the following colon-separated fields: group name It must be a valid group name, which exist on the system. encrypted password Refer to crypt(3) for details on how this string is interpreted. If the password field contains some string that is not a valid result of crypt(3), for instance ! or *, users will not be able to use a unix password to access the group (but group members do not need the password). The password is used when a user who is not a member of the group wants to gain the permissions of this group (see newgrp(1)). This field may be empty, in which case only the group members can gain the group permissions. A password field which starts with an exclamation mark means that the password is locked. The remaining characters on the line represent the password field before the password was locked. This password supersedes any password specified in /etc/group. administrators It must be a comma-separated list of user names. Administrators can change the password or the members of the group. Administrators also have the same permissions as the members (see below). members It must be a comma-separated list of user names. Members can access the group without being prompted for a password. You should use the same list of users as in /etc/group. FILES
/etc/group Group account information. /etc/gshadow Secure group account information. SEE ALSO
gpasswd(5), group(5), grpck(8), grpconv(8), newgrp(1). shadow-utils 4.5 01/25/2018 GSHADOW(5)
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