LEONARDZ@VM.UOGUELPH.CA (Len Zaifman) (07/17/90)
We have a problem whereby we want to restrict the use of certain applications and program libraries to be linked at runtime to a set of authorised users. It is not necessarily the case that all users of an applicati on or library belong to the same group , so we cannot use group access methods. Basically, we want someone who is linking a library or running an applica tion to be able to use it if they are authorised , and have a message telling them they are not authorised otherwise. Accounting of who is accessing the application/library would also be acceptable. That is , not restricting use, but being able to tell who used the package and how often. We do not have our Irix 3.3 systems yet, but they are arriving soon, and we would like to know how to implement a capability , like the one described above. Has anyone out there tried to do this yet ?? Is it too much overhead to make it worthwhile ?? Does it come automatically :-) with 3.3 ?? Thanks for your time. Regards, Len Zaifman Len Zaifman Information Technology Coordinator,College of Physical and Engineering Science Department of Computing Services University of Guelph Guelph,Ontario. N1G 2W1 (519)821-4120 xt 6566 email : LeonardZ@VM.UOGUELPH.CA
russell@CCU1.AUKUNI.AC.NZ (07/22/90)
My understanding is that Irix 3.3 has BSD groups. This means that you can be in several groups at one time. So you define a group for each object you want to share. I assume that group membership is defined in the etc/groups but I don't know for certain. We are waiting for 3.3 for this reason (among others). Russell. -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Russell Fulton 'phone +64 9 737-999 x 8955 | | Computer Centre domain rj_fulton@aukuni.ac.nz | | University of Auckland fax +64 9 303-2467 | | Private Bag time gmt -12 (13) (summer time)| | Auckland, New Zealand. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+