The vPars commands (as
described in “vPars Monitor and Shell Commands”) are restricted to root access, but the commands work on any of
the virtual partitions, regardless of which partition the commands
are executed from. Therefore, a user with the appropriate privileges
on one partition can affect another virtual partition by targeting
the virtual partition in a vPars command. For example, a root user
running on the partition vpar2 can reset
the partition vpar3 using the vparreset command.
To minimize such interactions,
use the vPars Flexible Administrative Capability. With this feature,
you can assign vPars administration capabilities to designated virtual
partitions. Only superusers within the designated virtual partitions
can affect other virtual partitions; a superuser within a non-designated
virtual partition can perform only operations that affect itself.
For more information, see the Chapter 11: “vPars Flexible Administrative Capability”.