Trusted Solaris Installation and Configuration

Verify that Users and Administrative Roles Work

Bringing up a user in the User Manager confirms that the administrative roles secadmin and admin are working correctly.

  1. For each role, log in and assume the role.

  2. Open the User Manager and choose the default filter and name service.

  3. Select a user, and press the Return key.

    • The role admin should be able to modify fields in the dialog boxes Identity and Home.

    • The role secadmin should be able to modify fields in the dialog boxes Password, Labels, Profiles, Roles, and Idle Time.

  1. Do the following to verify that the role root is working correctly.

    1. Log in and assume the role.

    2. Launch a terminal.

    3. Find the command pkgadd(1M) in the list of commands:


      # clist | grep pkgadd
      	/usr/sbin/pkgadd
  2. Log out, and have a user who can assume the role required for the next task log in.