initprivs(1M)                                          initprivs(1M)


       NAME
             initprivs - set the system privilege information

       SYNOPSIS
             initprivs

       DESCRIPTION
             The initprivs command initializes the system with privilege
             information.  It reads this information from
             /etc/security/tcb/privs.  Invalid entries in this file are
             ignored.  If the validity information for the entry does not
             match the validity information stored on disk, the file
             specified by the entry is not privileged.  In either case, a
             warning is issued if the command is run at the shell level.
             Otherwise, initprivs operates silently.

             initprivs must have the P_SETSPRIV or P_SETUPRIV privilege.
             Otherwise permission is denied.  In addition, the maximum
             privilege set of initprivs must be a super-set of the
             privileges to be set.  If not, only those privileges in the
             maximum set of initprivs that can be set for the file are in
             effect.

          Defaults
             The file /etc/default/privcmds contains the following
             parameter:

             VAL_CKSUM
                     If the value of this parameter is No, then the
                     initprivs command will not validate the check sum
                     value stored in the Privilege Data File (PDF) located
                     in /etc/security/tcb/privs; this results in faster
                     performance compared to validating the check sum value
                     each time the command is run.  If the value of this
                     parameter is anything other than No (including NULL,
                     the default), then the initprivs command validates the
                     check sum for each file each time it is run.

       FILES
             /etc/security/tcb/privs Privilege Data File (PDF).
             /etc/default/privcmds         Default file.

       REFERENCES
             filepriv(1M), intro(2), priv(4)




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      initprivs(1M)                                          initprivs(1M)


      DIAGNOSTICS
            initprivs exits with a return code of 0 upon successful
            completion.

            If initprivs detects errors, the following messages may be
            displayed:

                  Cannot clear file privileges on ``file''

                  File ``file'' fails validation; entry ignored.

                  1 entry ignored in ``/etc/security/tcb/privs''

                  # entries ignored in ``/etc/security/tcb/privs''


































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