[geeks] Did someone say RBAC?

[Jonathan Katz]

RBAC is the shit.

Instead of having a "role" and requiring someone to "su" to the role you can
assign a profile to a normal account and let that account run a script with
elevated privileges. We do this so BMC Patrol can run a few system utilities
(ps, a few scripts) to get data and then give us USEFUL alerts.

On 9/6/07, geeks at litfire.com <geeks at litfire.com> wrote:
>
> Sridhar said:
> > I gotta check my tire pressure more often.  I was six pounds low.
>
> The way this list has been lately, I'm waiting for the responses to
> include:
>         a) Cars are evil, don't have a car and you don't need tire
> pressure
>         b) He never said it was a car -- it could be a bicycle, you idiot
>         c) Wikipedia has an article about how tire pressure
> recommendations
> are made up by the oil companies to force you to use more fuel
>         and
>         d) Why Solaris RBAC is more useful than the wheel group