HP-UX Role-Based Access Control B.11.23.03 Release Notes

HP-UX Role-Based Access Control B.11.23.03

HP-UX RBAC Overview

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HP-UX RBAC Features

The following is a brief list of HP-UX RBAC features:

• integrates with the Fine-Grained Privileges and Compartments components of the

HP-UX 11i Security Containment feature

• integrates with HP-UX audit system to produce a single, uniﬁed audit trail

• plug-able architecture for customizing access control decisions and integrating existing

access control policy information

• pre-deﬁned conﬁguration ﬁles to facilitate quick and easy deployment

• ﬂexible re-authentication ability via PAM to allow restrictions on a per command basis

• fully supported HP product

NOTE The recently released HP-UX Identity Management Integration A.01.00

feature allows you to manage HP-UX RBAC operations using the HP OpenView

Select Access Policy Builder GUI.

Refer to the HP-UX Identity Management Integration page at the HP Software

Depot to learn more about the HP-UX Identity Management Integration

feature. Use the following link to go to the HP Software Depot now:

http://h20293.www2.hp.com

HP-UX RBAC Documentation

The HP-UX 11i Security Containment Administrator’s Guide contains information on how to

plan, conﬁgure, and troubleshoot an HP-UX RBAC deployment. Use these HP-UX RBAC

B.11.23.03 Release Notes in conjunction with the HP-UX 11i Security Containment

Administrator’s Guide when using HP-UX RBAC B.11.23.03.

Both of these documents are available on the Internet and Security Solutions page of the HP

Technical Documentation website, www.docs.hp.com. Use the following link to go directly to

the HP-UX RBAC product documentation:

http://docs.hp.com/en/internet.html#Role-Based%20Access%20Control