SMF_SECURITY(7) Standards, Environments, and Macros SMF_SECURITY(7)

NAME

smf_security - service management facility security behavior

DESCRIPTION

The configuration subsystem for the service management facility, smf(7),
requires privilege to modify the configuration of a service. Privileges
are granted to a user by associating the authorizations described below
to the user through user_attr(5) and prof_attr(5). See rbac(7).


The following authorization is used to manipulate services and service
instances.

solaris.smf.modify
Authorized to add, delete, or modify services,
service instances, or their properties, and to read
protected property values.

Property Group Authorizations

The smf(7) configuration subsystem associates properties with each
service and service instance. Related properties are grouped. Groups can
represent an execution method, credential information, application data,
or restarter state. The ability to create or modify property groups can
cause smf(7) components to perform actions that can require operating
system privilege. Accordingly, the framework requires appropriate
authorization to manipulate property groups.


Each property group has a type corresponding to its purpose. The core
property group types are method, dependency, application, and framework.
Additional property group types can be introduced, provided they conform
to the extended naming convention in smf(7). The following basic
authorizations, however, apply only to the core property group types:

solaris.smf.modify.method

Authorized to change values or create, delete, or modify a property
group of type method.


solaris.smf.modify.dependency

Authorized to change values or create, delete, or modify a property
group of type dependency.


solaris.smf.modify.application

Authorized to change values, read protected values, and create,
delete, or modify a property group of type application.


solaris.smf.modify.framework

Authorized to change values or create, delete, or modify a property
group of type framework.


solaris.smf.modify

Authorized to add, delete, or modify services, service instances, or
their properties, and to read protected property values.


Property group-specific authorization can be specified by properties
contained in the property group.

modify_authorization
Authorizations allow the addition, deletion, or
modification of properties within the property
group, and the retrieval of property values from
the property group if protected.


value_authorization
Authorizations allow changing the values of any
property of the property group except
modify_authorization, and the retrieval of any
property values except modify_authorization from
the property group if protected.


read_authorization
Authorizations allow the retrieval of property
values within the property group. The presence of
a string-valued property with this name
identifies the containing property group as
protected. This property has no effect on
property groups of types other than application.
See Protected Property Groups.


The above authorization properties are only used if they have type
astring. If an instance property group does not have one of the
properties, but the instance's service has a property group of the same
name with the property, its values are used.

Protected Property Groups

Normally, all property values in the repository can be read by any user
without explicit authorization. Property groups of non-framework types
can be used to store properties with values that require protection. They
must not be revealed except upon proper authorization. A property group's
status as protected is indicated by the presence of a string-valued
read_authorization property. If this property is present, the values of
all properties in the property group is retrievable only as described in
Property Group Authorizations.


Administrative domains with policies that prohibit backup of data
considered sensitive should exclude the SMF repository databases from
their backups. In the face of such a policy, non-protected property
values can be backed up by using the svccfg(8) archive command to create
an archive of the repository without protected property values.

Service Action Authorization

Certain actions on service instances can result in service interruption
or deactivation. These actions require an authorization to ensure that
any denial of service is a deliberate administrative action. Such actions
include a request for execution of the refresh or restart methods, or
placement of a service instance in the maintenance or other non-
operational state. The following authorization allows such actions to be
requested:

solaris.smf.manage
Authorized to request restart, refresh, or other
state modification of any service instance.


In addition, the general/action_authorization property can specify
additional authorizations that permit service actions to be requested for
that service instance. The solaris.smf.manage authorization is required
to modify this property.

Defined Rights Profiles

Two rights profiles are included that offer grouped authorizations for
manipulating typical smf(7) operations.

Service Management
A service manager can manipulate any service in the
repository in any way. It corresponds to the
solaris.smf.manage and solaris.smf.modify
authorizations.


Service Operator
A service operator has the ability to enable or
disable any service instance on the system, as well
as request that its restart or refresh method be
executed. It corresponds to the solaris.smf.manage
and solaris.smf.modify.framework authorizations.

Sites can define additional rights profiles
customized to their needs.

Remote Repository Modification

Remote repository servers can deny modification attempts due to
additional privilege checks. See NOTES.

SEE ALSO

auths(1), profiles(1), prof_attr(5), user_attr(5), rbac(7), smf(7),
svccfg(8)

NOTES

The present version of smf(7) does not support remote repositories.


When a service is configured to be started as root but with privileges
different from limit_privileges, the resulting process is privilege
aware. This can be surprising to developers who expect seteuid(<non-zero
UID>) to reduce privileges to basic or less.

May 13, 2017 SMF_SECURITY(7)