HP-UX Security Attributes Configuration Release Notes

HP-UX Security Attributes Conﬁguration Release Notes

Announcement

Chapter 14

Announcement

The HP-UX Security Attributes Conﬁguration product is introduced in the HP-UX 11i v2

May 2005 update release to perform the following tasks without converting the HP-UX

system to the trusted mode:

• Conﬁgure system-wide values of security attributes from the System Defaults tab. The

conﬁgurable system-wide values are stored in the /etc/security.dsc ﬁle.

• Conﬁgure per-user values of security attributes of local users from the Local Users tab.

The per-user values are stored in the /etc/passwd ﬁle or the /etc/shadow ﬁle.

• Conﬁgure per-user values of security attributes of NIS users from the NIS Users tab. The

per-user values are stored in the /etc/passwd ﬁle or the /etc/shadow ﬁle.

NOTE The NIS Users tab is displayed only if the HP-UX system is a NIS system.

IMPORTANT The Standard Mode Security Extensions software in the StdModSecExt

bundle must be installed on the same HP-UX system to use the HP-UX

Security Attributes Conﬁguration tool. Refer HP-UX Standard Mode

Security Extensions Release Notes on http://docs.hp.com/en/internet.html

for more information.

The HP-UX Security Attributes Conﬁguration product in the SecConfig bundle can be

obtained from the OE CD-ROM May 2005.