[redhat-lspp] Re: Re: sysadm vs. secadm powers

Michael C Thompson thompsmc at us.ibm.com
Mon Feb 12 23:02:06 UTC 2007


Klaus Heinrich Kiwi wrote:
> <posted & mailed>
> 
> Daniel J Walsh wrote:
> 
>> Linda Knippers wrote:
>>> Klaus Weidner wrote:
>>>   
>>>> On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 10:45:41PM -0200, Klaus Heinrich Kiwi wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>> Now that sysadm_r/sysadm_t has supehuman powers, I just wanted to
>>>>> confirm if the following is expected and in conformance with the ToE:
>>>>>
>>>>> role/type       |      read     |    write to   |      run      |
>>>>> start/stop
>>>>>                |   auditd.log  |   auditd.log  |    auditctl   | auditd
>>>>> sysadm          |       yes     |       yes     |       no      | yes
>>>>> secadm          |       yes     |       *no*    |       no      | no
>>>>> auditadm        |       *no*    |       no      |       yes     | *yes*
>>>>>       
>>>>     
>> Auditadm can read the auditd.log and write it but needs to be logged in
>> at SystemHigh to be able to do it.
> Please let me know if I'm doing something wrong:
> 
> -bash-3.1# id
> uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root),1(bin),2(daemon),3(sys),4(adm),
> (disk),10(wheel) context=staff_u:auditadm_r:auditadm_t:s0-s15:c0.c1023

You need to be SystemHigh-SystemHigh.

Mike




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