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Mr VGR , In spite of suggestion from vgresh99 , you are not following the Forum rules.Please always try to format the post by posting your CODE as well as DATA in the code tags.

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rbacdbchk

rbacdbchk(1M)															     rbacdbchk(1M)

NAME

       rbacdbchk - Verifies the syntax of the Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) database files

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

       verifies that there are no conflicting or inconsistent entries in and amongst the RBAC database files.  also checks the syntax of the data-
       base files and prints messages indicating which lines contain errors.  returns zero output if no errors are present in the database files.

       All the RBAC database files and are verified.  See rbac(5) for more information on these RBAC database files.

   Options
       supports the following options:

	      Checks the
		     database.

	      Checks the
		     database.

	      Checks the
		     database.

	      Checks the
		     database.

	      Checks the
		     database.

	      Cross reference checks all databases.

EXTERNAL INFLUENCES

   Environment Variables
       determines the language in which messages are displayed.

   International Code Set Support
       Single-byte character code set is supported.

RETURN VALUE

       0.   Success
       1.   Incorrect syntax

EXAMPLES

       The following example finds an error that user is an invalid user

	      # rbacdbchk
	      [/etc/rbac/user_role] John: Administrator
		      invalid user
		      The value 'John' for the Username field is bad.

       The following example finds a syntax error, an extra colon at the end of a line:

	      # rbacdbchk
	      [/etc/rbac/user_role] root:     Administrator:
		      invalid name: Not alphanumeric
		      The value 'Administrator:' for the Rolename field is bad.

	      [Role in role_auth DB with no assigned user in user_role DB]
	      Administrator:(hpux.*, *)

       The following example finds a field missing:

	      # rbacdbchk
	      [/etc/rbac/roles] : my comment
		      invalid name: <empty>
		      The value '' for the Rolename field is bad.

       The following example finds a bad role:

	      # rbacdbchk

	      [Role in role_auth DB with no assigned user in user_role DB]
	      blah:(hpux.*, *)

	      [Invalid Role in role_auth DB. Role 'blah' does not exist in the roles DB]
	      blah:(hpux.*, *)

       The following example finds a bad group name:

	      # rbacdbchk
	      [/etc/rbac/user_role] &blah:    Administrator
		      invalid group
		      The value 'blah' for the Group name field is bad.

FILES

       Database containing valid definitions of all roles.

       Database containing definitions of all valid authorizations.

       Database specifying the roles for each specified user.

       Database that defines the authorizations for each role.

       Database containing the authorization to execute specified commands,
	      and the privileges to alter uid and gid for command execution.

       Database that defines the role-to-authorization to audit

SEE ALSO

       authadm(1M), cmdprivadm(1M), privrun(1M), rbac(5).

																     rbacdbchk(1M)