Originally posted by: SystemAdmin
John: I'm not sure what you mean by an "operations menu" in this context. The things you list are typically accomplished in AIX by running commands from a shell prompt. The issue you will face is that most of them require special security access that normal users, like an operator, won't have by default. Some of them can be controlled by using an AIX facility called "roles". You can check these via "smitty roles". Look at entries like "ManageBasicPasswords", "ManageBackup" and "ManageShutdown".
Oracle startup and shutdown uses an Oracle-supplied script called "dbstart". You'll need some Oracle daemon account for this so "sudo" should be good enough to grant operator access.
Topas is controlled by access to 2 special files, /dev/mem and /dev/kmem. These aren't world readable by default but you can make them so, if your auditors are willing.
HTH
Jim Lane
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