privgroup

[Pedro Sousa]

Anyone knows what's the syntax for the file /etc/privgroup that is called by /sbin/init.d/set_prvgrp?
I need to add the group dba with the MLOCK privilege, after setting it with setprivgrp, for it to work after future reboots.
thanks.

[Vincenzo Restuccia · Accepted solution]

0. Log in as root.
1. Create a file /etc/privgroup
2. Make the following entry in this file
sybase MLOCK
3. Run the following command
# setprivgrp -f /etc/privgroup
4. Log out as root

/sbin/init.d/set_prvgrp executes the command in step 3 above on system
startup.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Pedro:

See: 'man 1m setprivgr'.

...JRF...

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi again:

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See: 'man 1m setprivgrp'

...JRF...

[Pedro Sousa]

thanks vicenzo and james.
Completely correct.