Open System Services Management and Operations Guide (G06.29+, H06.07+)

Contents
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8. Managing Security
8. Managing Security
Common and Unique Characteristics of OSS and UNIX Security 8-1
Administrative Files and Directories 8-2
Administrative Tools 8-4
Users and Groups 8-6
Components of OSS Security Management 8-8
Managing Users and Groups 8-10
Differences Between OSS and UNIX User and User-Group Configuration 8-10
How Users Gain Access to the OSS Environment 8-11
User and User-Group Attributes 8-13
Assigning an Initial Working Directory 8-14
Assigning an Initial Program 8-18
Hints and Suggestions 8-20
OSS Security Auditing 8-24
Audit Records for OSS Objects 8-24
Auditing of OSS Shell Commands 8-27
Protecting Your System 8-27
OSS Shell Commands Useful for Security Administration 8-27
Use of suid Scripts 8-28
Preventing Security Problems 8-29
Identifying Attempts to Break Security 8-30
9. Managing With the Shell
OSS Management With the Shell 9-1
Customizing the OSS Shell 9-2
Setting Up a Default .profile File 9-2
Setting Up an /etc/profile File 9-2
Localizing Software 9-5
Localizing Reference Pages 9-7
Monitoring the OSS Environment With the Shell 9-8
Slow Performance 9-8
Overuse of Resources 9-8
Controlling the Growth of Directories 9-8
Defragmenting Disks 9-9
Compressing Files 9-10
Executing Remote Shell Commands 9-10
Parsing Command Options With the getopts Command 9-11