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Enhanced RBAC implementation in AIX 6.1

  • 1.  Enhanced RBAC implementation in AIX 6.1

    Posted Sat December 19, 2009 12:17 PM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    Some body plese help me
    1) What are the advanatages and Disadvantages on Implementing RBAC in AIX 6.1 ?
    2) Is there any impact on Applications if we implement this ?
    Thank you.
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  • 2.  Re: Enhanced RBAC implementation in AIX 6.1

    Posted Mon December 21, 2009 11:38 AM

    Originally posted by: unixgrl


    First, have you read the Redbook that covers RBAC?

    RBAC has a lot of the same advantages of sudo without the disadvantage of
    using a non-vendor supplied product.
    I believe RBAC can also be integrated with AD which would make it easier to
    create new users with the correct roles.
    However, RBAC is a 6.1 feature so if you'll be supporting AIX 5L for a long time you may not
    want to switch to RBAC yet and have two methods of doing things.

    Will RBAC affect your app?
    That depends. Does your app currently use sudo commands or some other method of running in privileged mode?
    If so, then the app will have to change their scripts. These should be minor changes that mostly affect start/stop of apps with root privileges.
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