Purpose
Adds a new security administrator for an Oracle ACFS file system.
Syntax and Description
acfsutil sec admin add -h
acfsutil sec admin add admin
acfsutil sec admin add -h displays help text and exits.
Table 16-49 contains the options available with the acfsutil sec admin add command.
Table 16-49 Options for the acfsutil sec admin add command
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Specifies a security administrator user name. The user specified must be an existing operating system user and a member of the security group specified with the On Windows, a security administrator user name must be specified with a fully qualified domain user name in the form of |
Security administrators are common for all Oracle ACFS file systems in a cluster. A temporary password must be provided for the new security administrator. The password must conform to the format that is described in "acfsutil sec init".
The new security administrator can change the password with the acfsutil sec admin password command. For information, refer to "acfsutil sec admin password".
Security administrators are allowed to browse all directories in an Oracle ACFS file system whether they have the underlying operating system permissions and whether any realm checks allow it. This exception enables a security administrator to check the location of the files when securing them with Oracle ACFS security realms. However, a security administrator cannot view the contents of individual files without the appropriate operating system and security realm permissions.
Only an existing security administrator can run this command.
Examples
The following example shows the use of the acfsutil sec admin add command.