The following task map points to procedures for viewing privileges, assigning privileges, and running a script that contains privileged commands.
Task
Description
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Determine what privileges are in a process
Lists the effective, inheritable, permitted, and limit privilege sets for a process.
How to Determine the Privileges on a Process
Determine what privileges are missing from a process
Lists the privileges that a failed process requires to succeed.
How to Determine Which Privileges a Program Requires
Add privileges to a command
Adds privileges to a command in a rights profile. Users or roles can be assigned the rights profile. The users can then run the command with the assigned privileges in a profile shell.
How to Add Privileges to a Command
Assign privileges to a user
Expands a user's or role's inheritable set of privileges. Use this procedure with caution.
How to Assign Privileges to a User or Role
Restrict a user's privileges
Limits the user's basic set of privileges. Use this procedure with caution.
How to Limit a User's or Role's Privileges
Run a privileged shell script
Adds privilege to a shell script and to the commands in the shell script. Then, runs the script in a profile shell.
How to Run a Shell Script With Privileged Commands
