exec_attr(4) File Formats exec_attr(4)NAMEexec_attr - execution profiles database
SYNOPSIS
/etc/security/exec_attr
DESCRIPTION
/etc/security/exec_attr is a local database that specifies the execu‐
tion attributes associated with profiles. The exec_attr file can be
used with other sources for execution profiles, including the exec_attr
NIS map. Programs use the getexecattr(3SECDB) routines to access this
information.
The search order for multiple execution profile sources is specified in
the /etc/nsswitch.conf file, as described in the nsswitch.conf(4) man
page. The search order follows the entry for prof_attr(4).
A profile is a logical grouping of authorizations and commands that is
interpreted by a profile shell to form a secure execution environment.
The shells that interpret profiles are pfcsh, pfksh, and pfsh. See the
pfsh(1) man page. Each user's account is assigned zero or more profiles
in the user_attr(4) database file.
Each entry in the exec_attr database consists of one line of text con‐
taining seven fields separated by colons (:). Line continuations using
the backslash (\fR) character are permitted. The basic format of each
entry is:
name:policy:type:res1:res2:id:attr
name The name of the profile. Profile names are case-sensitive.
policy The security policy that is associated with the profile
entry. The valid policies are suser (standard Solaris supe‐
ruser) and solaris. The solaris policy recognizes privileges
(see privileges(5)); the suser policy does not.
The solaris and suser policies can coexist in the same
exec_attr database, so that Solaris releases prior to the
current release can use the suser policy and the current
Solaris release can use a solaris policy. solaris is a super‐
set of suser; it allows you to specify privileges in addition
to UIDs. Policies that are specific to the current release of
Solaris or that contain privileges should use solaris. Poli‐
cies that use UIDs only or that are not specific to the cur‐
rent Solaris release should use suser.
type The type of object defined in the profile. There are two
valid types: cmd and act. The cmd type specifies that the ID
field is a command that would be executed by a shell. The act
type is available only if the system is configured with
Trusted Extensions. It specifies that the ID field is a CDE
action that should be executed by the Trusted Extensions CDE
action mechanism.
res1 Reserved for future use.
res2 Reserved for future use.
id A string that uniquely identifies the object described by the
profile. For a profile of type cmd, the id is either the full
path to the command or the asterisk (*) symbol, which is used
to allow all commands. An asterisk that replaces the filename
component in a pathname indicates all files in a particular
directory.
To specify arguments, the pathname should point to a shell
script that is written to execute the command with the
desired argument. In a Bourne shell, the effective UID is
reset to the real UID of the process when the effective UID
is less than 100 and not equal to the real UID. Depending on
the euid and egid values, Bourne shell limitations might make
other shells preferable. To prevent the effective UIDs from
being reset to real UIDs, you can start the script with the
-p option.
#!/bin/sh -p
If the Trusted Extensions feature is configured and the pro‐
file entry type is act, the id is either the fully qualified
name of a CDE action, or an asterisk (*) representing a wild‐
card. A fully qualified CDE action is specified using the
action name and four additional semicolon-separated fields.
These fields can be empty but the semicolons are required.
The fields in a CDE action are as follows:
argclass Specifies the argument class (for example, FILE
or SESSION.) Corresponds to ARG_CLASS for CDE
actions.
argtype Specifies the data type for the argument. Corre‐
sponds to ARG_TYPE for CDE actions.
argmode Specifies the read or write mode for the argu‐
ment. Corresponds to ARG_MODE for CDE actions.
argcount Specifies the number of arguments that the action
can accept. Corresponds to ARG_COUNT for CDE
actions.
attr An optional list of semicolon-separated (;) key-value pairs
that describe the security attributes to apply to the object
upon execution. Zero or more keys may be specified. The list
of valid key words depends on the policy enforced. The fol‐
lowing key words are valid: euid, uid, egid, gid, privs, and
limitprivs.
euid and uid contain a single user name or a numeric user ID.
Commands designated with euid run with the effective UID
indicated, which is similar to setting the setuid bit on an
executable file. Commands designated with uid run with both
the real and effective UIDs. Setting uid may be more appro‐
priate than setting the euid on privileged shell scripts.
egid and gid contain a single group name or a numeric group
ID. Commands designated with egid run with the effective GID
indicated, which is similar to setting the setgid bit on a
file. Commands designated with gid run with both the real and
effective GIDs. Setting gid may be more appropriate than set‐
ting guid on privileged shell scripts.
privs contains a privilege set which will be added to the
inheritable set prior to running the command.
limitprivs contains a privilege set which will be assigned to
the limit set prior to running the command.
privs and limitprivs are only valid for the solaris policy.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 Using Effective User ID
The following example shows the audit command specified in the Audit
Control profile to execute with an effective user ID of root (0):
Audit Control:suser:cmd:::/usr/sbin/audit:euid=0
FILES
/etc/nsswitch.conf
/etc/user_attr
/etc/security/exec_attr
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availibility │SUNWcsr │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │See below. │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
The command-line syntax is Committed. The output is Uncommitted.
CAVEATS
Because the list of legal keys is likely to expand, any code that
parses this database must be written to ignore unknown key-value pairs
without error. When any new keywords are created, the names should be
prefixed with a unique string, such as the company's stock symbol, to
avoid potential naming conflicts.
The following characters are used in describing the database format and
must be escaped with a backslash if used as data: colon (:), semicolon
(;), equals (=), and backslash (\fR).
SEE ALSOauths(1), dtaction(1), profiles(1), roles(1), sh(1), makedbm(1M),
getauthattr(3SECDB), getauusernam(3BSM), getexecattr(3SECDB), getpro‐
fattr(3SECDB), getuserattr(3SECDB), kva_match(3SECDB), auth_attr(4),
prof_attr(4), user_attr(4), attributes(5), privileges(5)SunOS 5.11 10 Dec 2009 exec_attr(4)