[SunHELP] User account security

Asif Iqbal iqbala at qwestip.net
Sat Oct 11 00:57:19 CDT 2003


sudo should do it. We have been using it for last three years

On Tue, 7 Oct 2003, Simoncini, Matthew wrote:

> Hello gurus,
>
> I have a requirement to setup a user account for an application, lets call
> the application "unformix". I want to setup the account so no one can log in
> directly to my server with this account, but can perform a 'su' to this
> account after logged in as themselves. If possible, I'd like to leave an
> audit trail on which users are using my "unformix" user account.
>
> I know that this is easy for the root account, but is this possible just
> using basic passwd and shadow files for a regular user?
>
> BTW, we're running Solaris 8 for an OS.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Matthew Simoncini
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