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Oracle Solaris Administration: Security Services Oracle Solaris 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 (Tasks)
Securing Logins and Passwords (Task Map)
How to Change the root Password
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
Changing the Default Algorithm for Password Encryption (Tasks)
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 LDAP Domain
Monitoring and Restricting Superuser (Tasks)
How to Monitor Who Is Using the su Command
How to Restrict and Monitor Superuser Logins
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)
Part III Roles, Rights Profiles, and Privileges
8. Using Roles and Privileges (Overview)
9. Using Role-Based Access Control (Tasks)
10. Security Attributes in Oracle Solaris (Reference)
Part IV Cryptographic Services
11. Cryptographic Framework (Overview)
12. Cryptographic Framework (Tasks)
Part V Authentication Services and Secure Communication
14. Network Services Authentication (Tasks)
17. Using Secure Shell (Tasks)
19. Introduction to the Kerberos Service
20. Planning for the Kerberos Service
21. Configuring the Kerberos Service (Tasks)
22. Kerberos Error Messages and Troubleshooting
23. Administering Kerberos Principals and Policies (Tasks)
24. Using Kerberos Applications (Tasks)
25. The Kerberos Service (Reference)
You can protect the physical system by requiring a password to gain access to the hardware settings. You can also protect the system by preventing a user from using the abort sequence to leave the windowing system.
To protect the BIOS, consult the vendor documentation.
Before You Begin
You must be assigned the Device Security, Maintenance and Repair, or System Administrator rights profile.
For more information, see How to Obtain Administrative Rights.
# 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. |
Note - 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.
Before You Begin
You must be in the root role.
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