[HPADM] Re: SOX Account Question

From: Jim McD (jim222mcd@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Jun 27 2005 - 21:57:37 EDT


Hi

SOX is NOT prescriptive, its a framework for "good governance".

i.e
It doesn't tell you that must do this, this and this...
What it desires is the outcome should be....

How that is implemented is interpretive ........my question is why do
they want this way?

Regards Jim

On 6/25/05, Benjamin Shayne <shayne@hackedtobits.com> wrote:
> Due to Sarbanes-Oxley here in the US I am required to limit root access to
> certain user accounts (i.e. database account used by Sybase). Is there a way
> to limit root's ability to su to an account while allowing certain other
> users to su to that account?
>
> I know that using sudo rather than su would be a good solution in this
> case, but our SOX auditors are insisting that we limit su ability for root.
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