(mis)using RBAC...
Jonathan Katz <[email protected]> Tue, 12 Apr 2005 14:19:51 -0500
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.security.sun |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
All, I was recently charged with setting up RBAC so that the group I work with will 'su to root' less often. The first project I've picked is to either establish a role and/or profile that will allow a normal user to start and stop our webservers. Here is what I came up with, bypassing the concept of a 'role'... 1) I created a profile called "Web Administration" in /etc/security/prof_attr Web Administration:::Role for restarting webservers:: 2) I gave the profile the ability to run the start and stop webserver scripts as root: in /etc/security/exec_attr Web Administration:suser:cmd:::/opt/app/iplanet/https-myserver/start:uid=0 Web Administration:suser:cmd:::/opt/app/iplanet/https-myserver/stop:uid=0 3) I then added the role to my account on the server in /etc/user_attr: jkatz::::type=normal;profiles=Web Administration,Basic Solaris User 4) Finally, I changed my shell to /bin/pfcsh. Now, with my regular user account I can start and restart our webservers. My questions are, is this a normal practice (are there other people doing it) and is it supported? What unintended consequences am I missing? I understand that if a user's account is compromised, the webserver services can be stopped and started at-will. I also understand that our sysadmin group will be restricted to using pfcsh/pfksh/pfsh and cannot use bash or tcsh (although we can still leave those set, type 'exec pfsh' and then do what we need to do as the Profile.) Thanks! -- -Jon Jonathan Katz -- J. Random BOFH