System Administration Guide: Security Services

Commands That Manage RBAC

While you can edit the local RBAC databases manually, such editing is strongly discouraged. The following commands are available for managing access to tasks with RBAC.

Table 10–7 RBAC Administration Commands

Man Page for Command 

Description 

auths(1)

Displays authorizations for a user.

makedbm(1M)

Makes a dbm file.

nscd(1M)

Name service cache daemon, useful for caching the user_attr, prof_attr, and exec_attr databases. Use the svcadm command to restart the daemon.

pam_roles(5)

Role account management module for PAM. Checks for the authorization to assume role.

pfexec(1)

Used by profile shells to execute commands with security attributes that are specified in the exec_attr database.

policy.conf(4)

Configuration file for system security policy. Lists granted authorizations, granted privileges, and other security information.

profiles(1)

Displays rights profiles for a specified user.

roles(1)

Displays roles that a specified user can assume.

roleadd(1M)

Adds a role to a local system.

roledel(1M)

Deletes a role from a local system.

rolemod(1M)

Modifies a role's properties on a local system.

smattrpop(1M)

Merges the source security attribute database into the target database. For use in situations where local databases need to be merged into a name service. Also for use in upgrades where conversion scripts are not supplied.

smexec(1M)

Manages entries in the exec_attr database. Requires authentication.

smmultiuser(1M)

Manages bulk operations on user accounts. Requires authentication.

smprofile(1M)

Manages rights profiles in the prof_attr and exec_attr databases. Requires authentication.

smrole(1M)

Manages roles and users in role accounts. Requires authentication.

smuser(1M)

Manages user entries. Requires authentication.

useradd(1M)

Adds a user account to the system. The -P option assigns a role to a user's account.

userdel(1M)

Deletes a user's login from the system.

usermod(1M)

Modifies a user's account properties on the system.