How to Control Access to a Single Console by Using Roles

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Restrict access to a domain console by enabling console authorization checking.

primary# svccfg -s vntsd setprop vntsd/authorization = true
primary# svcadm refresh vntsd
primary# svcadm restart vntsd

Add an authorization for a single domain to the authorization description database.
The authorization name is derived from the name of the domain and has the form solaris.vntsd.console-domain:
```
solaris.vntsd.console-domain:::Access domain Console::
```

Create a role with the new authorization to permit access only to the console of the domain.

primary# roleadd -A solaris.vntsd.console-domain role-name
primary# passwd role-name
New Password:
Re-enter new Password:
passwd: password successfully changed for role-name

Assign the role-name role to a user.
```
primary# usermod -R role-name username
```

Example 4 Accessing a Single Domain Console

This example shows how user terry assumes the ldg1cons role and accesses the ldg1 domain console.

First, add an authorization for a single domain, ldg1, to the authorization description database.

solaris.vntsd.console-ldg1:::Access ldg1 Console::

Then, create a role with the new authorization to permit access only to the console of the domain.

primary# roleadd -A solaris.vntsd.console-ldg1 ldg1cons
primary# passwd ldg1cons
New Password:
Re-enter new Password:
passwd: password successfully changed for ldg1cons

Assign the ldg1cons role to user terry, assume the ldg1cons role, and access the domain console.

primary# usermod -R ldg1cons terry
primary# su terry
Password:
$ id
uid=700300(terry) gid=1(other)
$ su ldg1cons
Password:
$ id
uid=700303(ldg1cons) gid=1(other)
$ telnet localhost 5000
Trying 0.0.0.0...
Escape character is '^]'.

Connecting to console "ldg1" in group "ldg1" ....
Press ~? for control options ..

The following example shows that the user terry cannot access the ldg2 domain console:

$ telnet localhost 5001
Trying 0.0.0.0...
Connected to 0.
Escape character is '^]'.
Connection to 0 closed by foreign host.