System Administration Guide: Security Services

Managing Privileges (Task Map)

The following task map points to procedures for viewing privileges, assigning privileges, and running a script that contains privileged commands.

Task	Description	For Instructions
Determine what privileges are in a process	Lists the effective, inheritable, permitted, and limit privilege sets for a process.	How to Determine the Privileges on a Process
Determine what privileges are missing from a process	Lists the privileges that a failed process requires to succeed.	How to Determine Which Privileges a Program Requires
Add privileges to a command	Adds privileges to a command in a rights profile. Users or roles can be assigned the rights profile. The users can then run the command with the assigned privileges in a profile shell.	How to Add Privileges to a Command
Assign privileges to a user	Expands a user's or role's inheritable set of privileges. Use this procedure with caution.	How to Assign Privileges to a User or Role
Restrict a user's privileges	Limits the user's basic set of privileges. Use this procedure with caution.	How to Limit a User's or Role's Privileges
Run a privileged shell script	Adds privilege to a shell script and to the commands in the shell script. Then, runs the script in a profile shell.	How to Run a Shell Script With Privileged Commands