Solaris 9 Security

Overview/Description
To explain basic Solaris security and file access control

Target Audience
System administrators of Solaris; experienced system administrators of other UNIX or Linux-based operating systems who are moving to Solaris 9

Prerequisites
Familiarity with managing a computer system running under any variant of UNIX or Linux; experience in interacting with a Solaris operating environment as an administrator; experience in using the vi text editor

Expected Duration (hours)
4.0

Lesson Objectives

Solaris 9 Security

explain how to secure a Solaris system and the new security features that Solaris 9 supports.

view login and system access information and to disable logins for a Solaris system.

monitor and log users' access to a Solaris system.

explain special Solaris permissions and file permissions.

use the chmod and ls commands.

explain access control lists and their use.

read, create, and modify access control lists.

use the setfacl and getfacl commands to modify an access control list.

describe Solaris 9 remote access methods.

use the ssh command.

explain ftp in Solaris 9.

use the ftp utility.