Administrator's Guide

• Updated the HP-UX Role-Based Access Control chapter (see

Chapter 8 ).

• Updated the Audit Administration chapter (see Chapter 9).

• Added security products to Appendix B (see Appendix B).

March 2008 Part Number 5992–3387

• Divided the document into three parts: Protecting Systems,

Protecting Data, and Protecting Identity.

• Added a chapter to document HP-UX Standard Mode

Security Extensions (see Chapter 3).

• Replaced Security Patch Check with Software Assistant.

• Added a figure to show the HP-UX Bastille user interface.

• Added the HP-UX Bastille configuration log file

assessment-log.config.

• Made various edits.

October 2007 Part Number 5992-2395

• Added a chapter to describe HP-UX Bastille.

August 2007 Part Number 5992-1933

• Removed Process Resource Manager (PRM) from the product

list that does not support shadow passwords (see

Section 2.4.5).

• Corrected search to nsearch in permission_list (see

Section 6.4.2).

February 2007 Part Number 5991-6482

First Edition

NOTE: The volumes in the HP-UX System Administrator’s Guide can be updated

independently. Therefore, the latest versions of the volumes in the set can vary with time

and with respect to each other. The latest versions of each volume are available at:

http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs

Click HP-UX 11i v3.

Intended Audience

The HP-UX System Administrator’s Guide is written for administrators of HP-UX systems

of all skill levels needing to administer HP-UX systems beginning with Release HP-UX 11i

version 3.

While many topics in this set apply to previous releases, much has changed in HP-UX

11i version 3; therefore, for information about prior releases, see Managing Systems

and Workgroups, a Guide for System Administrators.