privileges(5) privileges(5)
NAME [Toc] [Back]
privileges - description of privileged user
DESCRIPTION [Toc] [Back]
The UNIX(R) operating system has traditionally used an "all or
nothing" privilege model, where superusers (those with effective UID
0, such as the root user) have virtually unlimited power, and other
users have few or no special privileges.
System administrators often need to delegate limited powers to other
users. HP-UX provides several ways to do this, including restricted
sam(1M), the privilege groups described in privgrp(4), the
shutdown.allow file described in shutdown(1M), and the cron.allow file
described in crontab(1).
Because these mechanisms permit users other than superusers to perform
certain privileged operations, HP-UX documentation often uses terms
such as "privileged user" or "user who has appropriate privileges"
instead of "superuser" or "root user" when describing who is permitted
to perform an operation.
In the absence of a more specific description of the privileges
necessary to perform an operation, you can generally assume that
superusers are suitably privileged.
WARNINGS [Toc] [Back]
Product documentation, as discussed above, describes alternate ways
that programs or users can obtain sufficient privileges to perform
restricted operations. These alternate ways may be extended in future
product revisions.
SEE ALSO [Toc] [Back]
crontab(1), sam(1M), shutdown(1M), privgrp(4).
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