HP-UX 11i Version 2 December 2005 Release Notes
Table Of Contents
- HP-UX 11i Version 2 December 2005 Release Notes
- Legal Notices
- Publication History
- Typographic Conventions
- 1 Overview of the Release Notes
- 2 Introduction to HP-UX 11i Version 2
- 3 What is New at a Glance
- 4 Server-Specific Information
- What is in This Chapter?
- Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle
- HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition
- Networking and Mass Storage Drivers
- Always-Installed Networking Drivers
- Selectable Networking Drivers
- Always-Installed Mass Storage Drivers
- Selectable Mass Storage Drivers
- Supported Systems
- Finding Firmware Information
- 5 General System Administration
- What is in This Chapter?
- Distributed Systems Administration Utilities
- Enterprise Cluster Master Toolkit Version
- Event Monitoring Services
- Feature Enablement Patch Bundle (Feature11i)
- GlancePlus Pak
- High Availability Monitors
- HP Integrity Virtual Machines Provider
- HP Integrity VM Support Library
- HP Partitioning
- HP Serviceguard
- HP Serviceguard NFS Toolkit
- HP System Management Homepage
- HP Systems Insight Manager
- HP WBEM Services for HP-UX
- HP-UX Accounts for Users and Groups
- HP-UX Kernel Configuration
- HP-UX Peripheral Device Tool
- HP-UX WBEM Fibre Channel Provider
- HP-UX WBEM LAN Provider for Ethernet Interfaces
- HP-UX WBEM LVM Provider
- HP-UX WBEM SCSI Provider
- Ignite-UX
- Obsolescence Bundle
- Online Diagnostics
- Quality Pack Patch Bundle
- Software Distributor
- Software Package Builder
- Update-UX
- Utilization Provider
- 6 Disk and File Management
- 7 Internet and Networking
- 8 Security
- 9 Commands and System Calls
- 10 Libraries and Programming
- 11 Internationalization
- 12 Other Functionality
Security
HP-UX Role-Based Access Control
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This product is available on the Software Pack (SPK) media for HP-UX 11i v2 December
2005. (For more information about SPK, see “Software Pack (Optional HP-UX 11i v2
Core Enhancements)” on page 27.).)
Summary of Change
The HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23) December 2005 is the first release to include the HP-UX
RBAC feature on the Software Pack media. The first release of HP-UX RBAC, version
11.23.01, was a Software Pack Web release and was released via HP’s Software Depot at
http://hp.com/go/softwaredepot.
The following is a list of the main differences between the previously released HP-UX
RBAC 11.23.01 and the HP-UX RBAC 11.23.02 included in the HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23)
December 2005 release.
HP-UX RBAC 11.23.02 includes:
• integration and support for the Fine-Grained Privileges and Compartments
components of the HP-UX 11i Security Containment feature
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• privedit command that allows authorized users and groups to edit files they
normally would not be able to edit because of file permissions or Access Control Lists
• enhanced auditing capabilities, including auditing based on HP-UX RBAC roles and
authorizations, and advanced filtering of audit records
• ability to assign roles to groups
• support for Access Control APIs
Impact
HP-UX RBAC B.11.23.02 allows customers to use HP-UX RBAC with components of the
HP-UX 11i Security Containment feature, specifically the Fine-Grained Privileges and
Compartments components. HP-UX RBAC B.11.23.02 also provides the opportunity for
customization by utilizing its APIs and includes several enhancements from the previous
HP-UX RBAC release.
Compatibility
There are no known compatibility issues.
Performance
There are no known performance issues.
Documentation
For further information, refer to the following:
•Manpages:
— rbac (5)
1. HP-UX 11i Security Containment is available on the Web via the HP Software
Depot at http://hp.com/go/softwaredepot.