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System Administration Guide: Security Services Oracle Solaris 11 Express 11/10 |
1. Security Services (Overview)
Part II System, File, and Device Security
2. Managing Machine Security (Overview)
3. Controlling Access to Systems (Tasks)
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)
Using UNIX Permissions to Protect Files
Commands for Viewing and Securing Files
Special File Permissions (setuid, setgid and Sticky Bit)
Preventing Executable Files From Compromising Security
Protecting Files With UNIX Permissions (Task Map)
How to Display File Information
How to Change the Owner of a File
How to Change Group Ownership of a File
How to Change File Permissions in Symbolic Mode
How to Change File Permissions in Absolute Mode
How to Change Special File Permissions in Absolute Mode
Protecting Against Programs With Security Risk (Task Map)
How to Find Files With Special File Permissions
How to Disable Programs From Using Executable Stacks
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)
Part IV Oracle Solaris 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)
19. Using Solaris Secure Shell (Tasks)
20. Solaris Secure Shell (Reference)
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 Oracle Solaris Auditing
28. Oracle Solaris Auditing (Overview)
29. Planning for Oracle Solaris Auditing
30. Managing Oracle Solaris Auditing (Tasks)
Traditional UNIX file protection provides read, write, and execute permissions for the three user classes: file owner, file group, and other. In a UFS file system, an access control list (ACL) provides better file security by enabling you to do the following:
Define file permissions for the file owner, the group, other, specific users and groups
Define default permissions for each of the preceding categories
Note - For ACLs in the ZFS file system and ACLs on NFSv4 files, see Chapter 8, Using ACLs to Protect Oracle Solaris ZFS Files, in Oracle Solaris ZFS Administration Guide.
For example, if you want everyone in a group to be able to read a file, you can simply grant group read permissions on that file. Now, assume that you want only one person in the group to be able to write to that file. Standard UNIX does not provide that level of file security. However, an ACL provides this level of file security.
On a UFS file system, ACL entries are set on a file through the setfacl command. UFS ACL entries consist of the following fields separated by colons:
entry-type:[uid|gid]:perms
Is the type of ACL entry on which to set file permissions. For example, entry-type can be user (the owner of a file) or mask (the ACL mask).
Is the user name or user ID (UID).
Is the group name or group ID (GID).
Represents the permissions that are set on entry-type. perms can be indicated by the symbolic characters rwx or an octal number. These are the same numbers that are used with the chmod command.
In the following example, an ACL entry sets read and write permissions for the user stacey.
user:stacey:rw-
For more information about ACLS on UFS file systems, see System Administration Guide: Security Services for the Oracle Solaris 10 release.