Authorized Users

Authorized User is a named common object that describes an individual administrative user who is distinct from all others. The attributes provide a repository for demographic and authentication data about that individual.

Access to and use of the administrative GUI functions require that you establish the Authorized User identity before administration is allowed. Both the administration GUI Login screen and the login sub-command of the ssadm command line facility reference an Authorized User object.

Authorized User authenticity establishes only the identity of an individual administrator, not the various roles they may play while using SunScreen EFS 3.0. Role establishment is afforded in one of two ways: (1) reference within the User field in the administrative access rules of a policy, (2) reference from a packet filtering rule that utilizes user authentication (proxies).