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System Administration Guide: Security Services     Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 Information Library
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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 (Task Map)

Securing Logins and Passwords

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

How to Create a Dial-Up Password

How to Temporarily Disable Dial-Up Logins

Changing the Password Algorithm (Task Map)

Changing the Default Algorithm for Password Encryption

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 NIS+ Domain

How to Specify a New Password Algorithm for an LDAP Domain

How to Install a Password Encryption Module From a Third Party

Monitoring and Restricting Superuser (Task Map)

Monitoring and Restricting Superuser

How to Monitor Who Is Using the su Command

How to Restrict and Monitor Superuser Logins

SPARC: Controlling Access to System Hardware (Task Map)

Controlling Access to System Hardware

How to Require a Password for Hardware Access

How to Disable a System's Abort Sequence

4.  Controlling Access to Devices (Tasks)

5.  Using the Basic Audit Reporting Tool (Tasks)

6.  Controlling Access to Files (Tasks)

7.  Using the Automated Security Enhancement Tool (Tasks)

Part III Roles, Rights Profiles, and Privileges

8.  Using Roles and Privileges (Overview)

9.  Using Role-Based Access Control (Tasks)

10.  Role-Based Access Control (Reference)

11.  Privileges (Tasks)

12.  Privileges (Reference)

Part IV Cryptographic Services

13.  Oracle Solaris Cryptographic Framework (Overview)

14.  Oracle Solaris Cryptographic Framework (Tasks)

15.  Oracle Solaris Key Management Framework

Part V Authentication Services and Secure Communication

16.  Using Authentication Services (Tasks)

17.  Using PAM

18.  Using SASL

19.  Using Secure Shell (Tasks)

20.  Secure Shell (Reference)

Part VI Kerberos Service

21.  Introduction to the Kerberos Service

22.  Planning for the Kerberos Service

23.  Configuring the Kerberos Service (Tasks)

24.  Kerberos Error Messages and Troubleshooting

25.  Administering Kerberos Principals and Policies (Tasks)

26.  Using Kerberos Applications (Tasks)

27.  The Kerberos Service (Reference)

Part VII Auditing in Oracle Solaris

28.  Oracle Solaris Auditing (Overview)

29.  Planning for Oracle Solaris Auditing

30.  Managing Oracle Solaris Auditing (Tasks)

31.  Oracle Solaris Auditing (Reference)

Glossary

Index

Securing Logins and Passwords (Task Map)

The following task map points to procedures that monitor user logins and that disable user logins.

Task
Description
For Instructions
Display a user's login status
Lists extensive information about a user's login account, such as full name and password aging information.
Find users who do not have passwords
Finds only those users whose accounts do not require a password.
Disable logins temporarily
Denies user logins to a machine as part of system shutdown or routine maintenance.
Save failed login attempts
Creates a log of users who failed to provide the correct password after five attempts.
Save all failed login attempts
Creates a log of failed attempts to log in.
Create a dial-up password
Requires an additional password for users who log in remotely through a modem or dial-up port.
Disable dial-up logins temporarily
Prevents users from dialing in remotely through a modem or port.