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System Administration Guide: Security Services Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Information Library |
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)
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)
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)
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)
19. Using Oracle Solaris Secure Shell (Tasks)
20. Oracle 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)
You can protect the physical machine by requiring a password to gain access to the hardware settings. You can also protect the machine by preventing a user from using the abort sequence to leave the windowing system.
On an x86 system, the equivalent to protecting the PROM is to protect the BIOS. Refer to your machine's manuals for how to protect the BIOS.
The System Administrator profile includes the Maintenance and Repair profile. To create a role that includes the System Administrator profile and to assign the role to a user, see Configuring RBAC (Task Map).
# eeprom security-mode=command Changing PROM password: New password: <Type password> Retype new password: <Retype password>
Choose the value command or full. For more details, see the eeprom(1M) man page.
If, when you type the preceding command, you are not prompted for a PROM password, the system already has a PROM password.
# eeprom security-password= Press Return Changing PROM password: New password: <Type password> Retype new password: <Retype password>
The new PROM security mode and password are in effect immediately. However, they are most likely to be noticed at the next boot.
![]() | Caution - Do not forget the PROM password. The hardware is unusable without this password. |
Some server systems have a key switch. When the key switch is set in the secure position, the switch overrides the software keyboard abort settings. So, any changes that you make with the following procedure might not be implemented.
The Primary Administrator role includes the Primary Administrator profile. To create the role and assign the role to a user, see Chapter 2, Working With the Solaris Management Console (Tasks), in System Administration Guide: Basic Administration.
Comment out the enable line in the /etc/default/kbd file. Then, add a disable line:
# cat /etc/default/kbd … # KEYBOARD_ABORT affects the default behavior of the keyboard abort # sequence, see kbd(1) for details. The default value is "enable". # The optional value is "disable". Any other value is ignored. … #KEYBOARD_ABORT=enable KEYBOARD_ABORT=disable
# kbd -i