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Preface

Part I Security Overview

1.  Security Services (Overview)

Part II System, File, and Device Security

2.  Managing Machine Security (Overview)

3.  Controlling Access to Systems (Tasks)

Controlling System Access (Task Map)

Securing Logins and Passwords (Tasks)

Securing Logins and Passwords (Task Map)

How to Change the root Password

How to Display a User's Login Status

How to Display Users Without Passwords

How to Temporarily Disable User Logins

How to Monitor Failed Login Attempts

How to Monitor All Failed Login Attempts

Changing the Default Algorithm for Password Encryption (Tasks)

How to Specify an Algorithm for Password Encryption

How to Specify a New Password Algorithm for an NIS Domain

How to Specify a New Password Algorithm for an LDAP Domain

Monitoring and Restricting Superuser (Tasks)

How to Monitor Who Is Using the su Command

How to Restrict and Monitor Superuser Logins

Controlling Access to System Hardware (Tasks)

How to Require a Password for Hardware Access

How to Disable a System's Abort Sequence

4.  Virus Scanning Service (Tasks)

5.  Controlling Access to Devices (Tasks)

6.  Using the Basic Audit Reporting Tool (Tasks)

7.  Controlling Access to Files (Tasks)

Part III Roles, Rights Profiles, and Privileges

8.  Using Roles and Privileges (Overview)

9.  Using Role-Based Access Control (Tasks)

10.  Security Attributes in Oracle Solaris (Reference)

Part IV Cryptographic Services

11.  Cryptographic Framework (Overview)

12.  Cryptographic Framework (Tasks)

13.  Key Management Framework

Part V Authentication Services and Secure Communication

14.  Network Services Authentication (Tasks)

15.  Using PAM

16.  Using SASL

17.  Using Secure Shell (Tasks)

18.  Secure Shell (Reference)

Part VI Kerberos Service

19.  Introduction to the Kerberos Service

20.  Planning for the Kerberos Service

21.  Configuring the Kerberos Service (Tasks)

22.  Kerberos Error Messages and Troubleshooting

23.  Administering Kerberos Principals and Policies (Tasks)

24.  Using Kerberos Applications (Tasks)

25.  The Kerberos Service (Reference)

Part VII Auditing in Oracle Solaris

26.  Auditing (Overview)

27.  Planning for Auditing

28.  Managing Auditing (Tasks)

29.  Auditing (Reference)

Glossary

Index

Controlling Access to System Hardware (Tasks)

You can protect the physical system by requiring a password to gain access to the hardware settings. You can also protect the system by preventing a user from using the abort sequence to leave the windowing system.

To protect the BIOS, consult the vendor documentation.

How to Require a Password for Hardware Access

Before You Begin

You must be assigned the Device Security, Maintenance and Repair, or System Administrator rights profile.

  1. Become an administrator with the required security attributes.

    For more information, see How to Obtain Administrative Rights.

  2. In a terminal window, type the PROM security mode.
    # eeprom security-mode=command
    
    Changing PROM password:
    New password: <Type password>
    Retype new password: <Retype password>    

    Choose the value command or full. For more details, see the eeprom(1M) man page.

    If, when you type the preceding command, you are not prompted for a PROM password, the system already has a PROM password.

  3. (Optional) To change the PROM password, type the following command:
    # eeprom security-password= Press Return
    Changing PROM password:
    New password: <Type password>
    Retype new password: <Retype password>

    The new PROM security mode and password are in effect immediately. However, they are most likely to be noticed at the next boot.


    Caution

    Caution - Do not forget the PROM password. The hardware is unusable without this password.


How to Disable a System's Abort Sequence


Note - Some server systems have a key switch. When the key switch is set in the secure position, the switch overrides the software keyboard abort settings. So, any changes that you make with the following procedure might not be implemented.


Before You Begin

You must be in the root role.

  1. Change the value of KEYBOARD_ABORT to disable.

    Comment out the enable line in the /etc/default/kbd file. Then, add a disable line:

    # cat /etc/default/kbd
    …
    # KEYBOARD_ABORT affects the default behavior of the keyboard abort
    # sequence, see kbd(1) for details.  The default value is "enable".
    # The optional value is "disable".  Any other value is ignored.
    …
    #KEYBOARD_ABORT=enable
    KEYBOARD_ABORT=disable
  2. Update the keyboard defaults.
    # kbd -i