HP-UX Secure Resource Partitions (SRP) A.02.02 Administrator's Guide

Table of contents
Preface ............................................................................................................................................... 5
Intended Audience ........................................................................................................................... 5
Typographic Conventions .................................................................................................................. 5
Related Information .......................................................................................................................... 6
Publishing History............................................................................................................................. 6
HP Encourages Your Comments ......................................................................................................... 6
1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 7
1.1 Product Overview ...................................................................................................................... 7
1.1.1 Securing SRP Compartments ................................................................................................. 8
1.1.2 Subsystems Configured by SRP ............................................................................................. 9
1.2 SRP Components ...................................................................................................................... 10
1.2.1 The SRP Manager .............................................................................................................. 11
1.2.2 The srp_sys Utility .............................................................................................................. 11
1.2.3 The srp Utility .................................................................................................................... 11
1.2.4 The srp_su command ......................................................................................................... 11
1.2.5 The srp_ps utility ................................................................................................................ 11
1.2.6 SRP Templates and Services ................................................................................................ 11
1.2.7 Configuration Synchronization Manager (CMGR) Utility and Libraries ..................................... 13
1.3 Planning Considerations and Best Practices ................................................................................. 14
1.3.1 Compatibility with Other Partitioning Continuum Products ...................................................... 14
1.3.2 Coexistence with the INIT Compartment ............................................................................. 14
1.3.3 Cross-Compartment Network Traffic..................................................................................... 15
1.3.4 IP Routers and Strong End System (ES) Model ....................................................................... 15
1.3.5 SRP Login Users................................................................................................................. 15
1.3.6 Compatibility with the Bastille Revert Feature ........................................................................ 16
1.3.7 Compatibility with PRM SRP Commands ............................................................................... 16
1.3.8 Serviceguard Support ........................................................................................................ 16
1.4 Installing SRP ........................................................................................................................... 16
1.5 Migrating to A.02.02 ............................................................................................................... 16
2 Setting Up an SRP ........................................................................................................................... 18
2.1 The srp_sys Utility ..................................................................................................................... 18
2.2 Using srp_sys –setup to Set or modify system properties ................................................................ 18
2.3 Example: srp_sys -setup ............................................................................................................ 19
2.4 Using srp_sys –list to Display System Properties ........................................................................... 22
2.5 Example: srp_sys -list ................................................................................................................ 22
3 Executing the su Command in the Target SRP ..................................................................................... 23
3.1 Using the srp_su Command ....................................................................................................... 23
3.2 Allowing Additional Users to Use the srp_su Command ................................................................ 23
3.3 Example: Using the srp_su Command to Login to the Target SRP .................................................... 23
HP-UX Secure Resource Partitions (SRP)
A.02.02 Administrator’s Guide
HP-UX 11i v3