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System Audit

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Jan 18, 2006, 1:30:56 PM1/18/06
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If a user has "admin = true" defined in /etc/security/user, then what
privileges are conferred on the user? Does the user have root
privileges?

Laurenz Albe

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Jan 19, 2006, 4:43:03 AM1/19/06
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It only means that you must be root to change the user's password.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

Ted Linnell

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Jan 20, 2006, 4:53:56 AM1/20/06
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"System Audit" <patrick...@gmail.com> wrote:

admin=true means that the user account can only be administered by
root.
admin-false means that the account can be administered by root or a
member of the security group.

Ted.
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