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10-30-2019

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Unable to set ACLs on sulog - need to grant read permission to a normal user on AIX 6.1

Hi,

I need to grant read permission to a normal user on sulog file on AIX 6.1.

As root I did acledit sulog and aclget shows "extended permissions" as "enabled" and normal user "splunk" has read permissions. When I try to access sulog as splunk user it won't allow and

Code:

aclget

for splunk user shows" extended permissions" as "disabled". Please advise, thanks!!

Code:

splunk@TESTAIX61(/var/adm)#  uname -a
AIX TESTAIX61 1 6 00CACC954C00
splunk@TESTAIX61(/var/adm)#  oslevel -s
6100-09-12-1838
splunk@TESTAIX61(/var/adm)#
root@TESTAIX61(/var/adm)#  acledit sulog
Should the modified ACL be applied? (yes) or (no) yes
root@TESTAIX61(/var/adm)#   aclget sulog
*
* ACL_type   AIXC
*
attributes:
base permissions
    owner(root):  rw-
    group(system):  ---
    others:  ---
extended permissions
    enabled
    permit   r-x     u:splunk
root@TESTAIX61(/var/adm)#  su - splunk
splunk@TESTAIX61(/home/splunk)#  tail /var/adm/sulog
/var/adm/sulog: Permission denied
splunk@TESTAIX61(/home/splunk)#  id
uid=228(splunk) gid=206(splunk) groups=1(staff)
splunk@TESTAIX61(/home/splunk)#  cd /var/adm
splunk@TESTAIX61(/var/adm)#  aclget sulog
*
* ACL_type   AIXC
*
attributes:
base permissions
    owner(root):  rw-
    group(system):  ---
    others:  ---
extended permissions
    disabled
    permit   r-x     u:splunk
splunk@TESTAIX61(/var/adm)#

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wtmpx

utmpx(4)							   File Formats 							  utmpx(4)

NAME

       utmpx, wtmpx - utmpx and wtmpx database entry formats

SYNOPSIS

       #include <utmpx.h>
       /var/adm/utmpx
       /var/adm/wtmpx

DESCRIPTION

       The utmpx and wtmpx files are extended database files that have superseded the obsolete utmp and wtmp database files.

       The  utmpx database contains user access and accounting information for commands such as who(1), write(1), and login(1). The wtmpx database
       contains the history of user access and accounting information for the  utmpx database.

USAGE

       Applications should not access these databases directly, but should use the functions described on the getutxent(3C) manual page to  inter-
       act with the utmpx and wtmpx databases to ensure that they are maintained consistently.

FILES

       /var/adm/utmpx	       user access and adminstration information

       /var/adm/wtmpx	       history of user access and adminstrative information

SEE ALSO

       getutxent(3C), wait(3C)wait.h(3HEAD)

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