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03-10-2004 01:23 AM
03-10-2004 01:23 AM
I need to set up a user with UID(0) for Arcserve backup on HPIX11 but I want to restrict that user as much as possible. The users password is set to never expire. I have set up a user & editted /etc/passwd to remove /usr/bin/sh for that user but Arcserve doesn't like that. I've put back in /usr/bin/sh & removed the path to the HOMEDIR & it works OK but I'm not sure if thats secure enough. I'can't log in as that user bu can su to it from another user. Hope someone has done this before.
Thanks,
Tim
Thanks,
Tim
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03-10-2004 01:27 AM
03-10-2004 01:27 AM
Re: Root user with restricted access for Arcserve
DO NOT set up other users with UID 0. That is not good practice and not secure. When you have UID 0 you ARE root. The better bet would be to look into something like sudo:
http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/index.html
http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Sysadmin/sudo-1.6.7p5/
This will allow you to assign certain commands to the Arcserve user that they can execute as root but they do not have real root access.
http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/index.html
http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Sysadmin/sudo-1.6.7p5/
This will allow you to assign certain commands to the Arcserve user that they can execute as root but they do not have real root access.
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03-10-2004 01:36 AM
03-10-2004 01:36 AM
Re: Root user with restricted access for Arcserve
Thanks for the replies. Just moved(moving) from Unixware. Came across SUDO but had forgotten about it. I wasn't keen on setting up another user as UID(0) but had done that previously on older Unix machines.
Many Thanks,
Points assigned,
Tim
Many Thanks,
Points assigned,
Tim
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