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- March 2008
Part Number 5992–3387
Divided the document into three parts: Protecting Systems, Protecting Data, and Protecting Identity.
Added a chapter to document HP-UX Standard Mode Security
Extensions (see Chapter 4).
Replaced Security Patch Check with Software Assistant.
Added a figure to show the HP-UX Bastille user interface
(see Section ).
Added the HP-UX Bastille configuration log file assessment-log.config (see Section ).
- October 2007
Part Number 5992-2395
Added a chapter to describe HP-UX Bastille.
- August 2007
Part Number 5992-1933
Removed Process Resource Manager (PRM) from the product
list that does not support shadow passwords (see Section ).
Corrected search to nsearch in permission_list (see Section ).
- February 2007
Part Number 5991-6482
First Edition
Intended Audience
The HP-UX System Administrator’s
Guide is written for administrators of HP-UX systems of
all skill levels needing to administer HP-UX systems beginning with
Release HP-UX 11i version 3.
While many topics in this set apply to previous
releases, much has changed in HP-UX 11i version 3; therefore, for
information about prior releases, see Managing Systems
and Workgroups, a Guide for System Administrators.
About This Document Set
The HP-UX System Administrator’s
Guide documents the core set of tasks (and associated
concepts) necessary to administer systems running HP-UX 11i Version
3. It is comprised of the following volumes:
- Overview
Provides a high-level
view of HP-UX 11i, its components, and how they relate to each other.
- Configuration
Management
Describes many of the tasks that you
must perform to configure and customize system settings and the behavior
of subsystems.
- Logical
Volume Management
Documents how to configure
physical volumes, volume groups, and logical volumes using the HP
Logical Volume Manager (LVM).
- Security
Management
Documents the data and
system security features of HP-UX 11i.
- Routine
Management Tasks
Documents many of the ongoing tasks
you must perform to keep your system running smoothly.
HP-UX System Administrator's Guide:
Security Management is divided into three parts: Protecting Systems, Protecting Data, and Protecting Identity. These parts include
the following topics:
- Chapter 1
Describes security considerations related to the boot
and installation process.
- Chapter 2
Describes how to administer user and system security
after the operating system is installed.
- Chapter 3
Describes how to harden and lockdown a system using
HP-UX Bastille to enhance the security of the HP-UX operating system.
- Chapter 4
Describes the features and components of HP-UX Standard
Mode Security Extentions.
- Chapter 5
Describes how to secure remote access to your system.
- Chapter 6
Describes how to control and protect file systems.
- Chapter 7
Describes compartments and how to isolate components
of a system from one another.
- Chapter 8
Describes fine-grained privileges and how to divide
the powers of superusers into a set of privileges.
- Chapter 9
Describes the features and components of HP-UX Role-Based
Access Control.
- Chapter 10
Describes the administration of the audit system.
- Appendix A
Describes trusted systems.
- Appendix B
Describes other security products.
HP-UX 11i Release Names and Release Identifiers
With HP-UX 11i, HP delivers a highly available,
secure, and manageable operating system. HP-UX 11i supports enterprise,
mission-critical, and technical computing environments and is available
on both HP 9000 systems and HP Integrity servers.
Each HP-UX 11i release has an associated release
name and release identifier. The uname command
with the -r option returns the release identifier.
See the following table for a list of releases available for HP-UX
11i:
For information on supported systems and processor
architecture for various versions of HP-UX 11i, see the HP-UX 11i
system release notes specific to the version of HP-UX you are running
(for example, the HP-UX 11i Version 3 Release Notes).
Finding HP-UX Information
The following table outlines where to find general
system administration information for HP-UX. However, it does not
include information for specific products.
Related Information
Additional information about Security and HP-UX can be found
at http://docs.hp.com. In
particular, the following documents are available:
HP-UX AAA Server Administrator's Guide
HP-UX Host Intrusion Detection System Administrator's
Guide
HP-UX IPFilter Administrator's Guide
HP-UX IPSec Administrator's Guide
HP-UX Secure Shell Release Notes
Conventions
This document uses the following typographical
conventions.
- reboot(1M)
An HP-UX manpage. reboot is the name and 1M is the
section in the HP-UX Reference. On the Web
and on the Instant Information media, it may be a hot link to the
manpage itself. From the HP-UX command line, you can enter “man reboot” or “man 1M reboot” to view the manpage. See man(1) for more information.
- Book Title
The title of a book. On
the web and on the Instant Information media, it may be a hot link
to the book itself.
- KeyCap
The name of a keyboard
key. Return and Enter both refer
to the same key.
- Emphasis
Text that is emphasized.
- Emphasis
Text that is strongly
emphasized.
- Term
The introduction of an
important word or phrase.
- ComputerOut
Text displayed by the
computer.
- UserInput
Commands and other text
that you type.
- Command
A command name or qualified
command phrase.
- Variable
The name of a variable
that you may replace in a command or function or information in a
display that represents several possible values.
The contents are optional
in formats and command descriptions.
The contents are required
in formats and command descriptions. If the contents are a list separated
by |, you must choose one of the items
- . . .
The preceding element
may be repeated an arbitrary number of times.
- |
Separates items in a list
of choices.
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