From: Butcher, William (Bill.Butcher) (Bill.Butcher@ChevronTexaco.com)
Date: Thu Sep 05 2002 - 12:07:17 EDT
HPUX Gurus,
I'm developing a series of csh scripts which periodically report
security-related information to system analysts. I'm running into a problem
when attempting to report the 'umask' settings for each user defined in the
/etc/passwd file.
Is there a simple method of determining what the 'umask' setting is for each
defined user? One method that I know of is to 'su' to that user's account
and issue the 'umask' command. Another is to search through the home
directory of each user and search the .profile file for a particular 'umask'
setting. Neither method is very elegant.
The prototype that I have running today is run as 'root' and loops through
the /etc/passwd file, using the 'su' command and issuing the 'umask' command
for each user. The script doesn't work when not run from 'root', even
though I set the SUID bit on the script and change to 'root' ownership.
I'd rather not have the script run from a 'root' user account, so what's the
best way of determining and reporting the 'umask' settings for all defined
users?
I'm running HPUX v10.20 on K-series servers and J-series workstations.
Thank you in advance for your ideas,
- Bill
William H. Butcher III
ChevronTexaco Pipeline Company
2811 Hayes Road, Suite 3313F
Houston, Texas 77082
Office: (281)596-2847, Cellular: (281)543-9651
E-mail: bill.butcher@chevrontexaco.com <mailto:>
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