Safeguard Administrator's Manual (G06.24+, H06.03+)
Table Of Contents
- What’s New in This Manual
- About This Manual
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Controlling User Access
- Introduction
- Using SAFECOM to Establish a Local User Community
- Using SAFECOM to Manage User Access to Your System
- Changing the Owner of a User Authentication Record
- Granting a User Temporary Access to Your System
- Requiring Users to Change Their Passwords
- Granting a Grace Period for Changing an Expired Password
- Forcing Immediate Expiration of a User’s Password
- Freezing a User's Ability to Access the System
- Specifying Auditing for a User ID
- Deleting Users
- Deleting Administrative Groups
- Using SAFECOM to Establish a Network of Users
- Using Safeguard With Nodes With Standard Security
- Identifying Network Users
- Granting a Network User Access to Objects on Your System
- Establishing a Community of Network Users
- Changes to the PAID During a User’s Session
- Additional Considerations for Aliases and Groups
- Additional Considerations for ACCESS with Network Specific Subject IDs
- Establishing Default Protection for a User's Disk Files
- Specifying a Default Command Interpreter for a User
- Establishing Guardian Defaults
- Assigning an Alias to a User
- 3 Managing User Groups
- 4 Securing Volumes and Devices
- 5 OBJECTTYPE Control
- 6 Managing Security Groups
- 7 Securing Terminals
- 8 Warning Mode
- 9 Configuration
- Safeguard Attributes
- Configuring User Authentication
- Configuring Password Control
- Configuring Device Control
- Configuring Process Control
- Configuring Disk-File Control
- Configuring Safeguard Auditing
- Configuring a Default Command Interpreter
- Configuring Communication With $CMON
- Configuring Logon Dialog
- Configuring Exclusive Access at Safeguard Terminals
- Configuring Warning Mode
- Configuring Persistence
- Configuring Attributes for Node Specific Subjects in ACLs
- 10 Installation and Management
- Safeguard Components
- Process Considerations for the SMP and SAFECOM
- Safeguard Subsystem Management Commands
- General Installation Procedure
- Installing the Safeguard Software
- Starting the SMP
- Converting to the Safeguard Subsystem
- Updating the Safeguard Software
- Guidelines for Securing the Safeguard Subsystem
- Monitoring the Safeguard Subsystem
- A SAFECOM Command Syntax
- Index

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What’s New in This Manual
Manual Information
Safeguard Administrator’s Manual
Abstract
This manual describes Safeguard commands and features reserved for security
administrators and privileged users.
Product Version
Safeguard G06, H04
Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs)
This publication supports G06.21 and all subsequent G-series RVUs and H06.03 and
all subsequent H-series RVUs until otherwise indicated by its replacement publication.
Document History
New and Changed Information
Changes to the H06.09 manual:
Added these new Safeguard attributes on pages 2-3 and 9-4, and their description on
pages 9-6 and 9-7:
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PASSWORD-UPPERCASE-REQUIRED
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PASSWORD-LOWERCASE-REQUIRED
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PASSWORD-NUMERIC-REQUIRED
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PASSWORD-SPECIALCHAR-REQUIRED
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PASSWORD-SPACES-ALLOWED
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PASSWORD-MIN-QUALITY-REQUIRED
Part Number Published
523317-013 February 2007
Part Number Product Version Published
523317-009 Safeguard G06, H03 May 2006
523317-010 Safeguard G06, H03 July 2006
523317-011 Safeguard G06, H03 August 2006
523317-012 Safeguard G06, H03 November 2006
523317-013 Safeguard G06, H04 February 2007