Access Control; About Access Control - Sun Microsystems Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 Administration Manual

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C H A P T E R

Access Control

Access control is a way of granting access to the system functions or components
only to those users who have been authenticated by the system and who have
appropriate privileges. Access control depends on the proper configuration of the
general security services provided by the server.
This chapter contains these sections:

About Access Control

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XSCF Shell Procedures for Access Control
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Related Information
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About Access Control
The Service Processor is an appliance. In an appliance model, users or management
agents can access the Service Processor and its components only through authorized
user interfaces. Users and agents cannot access any of the underlying operating
system interfaces, and users cannot install individual software components on the
Service Processor.
These sections provide details on access control:
Logging in to the System
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XSCF User Accounts
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XSCF Passwords
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Privileges
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XSCF Firmware Update
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