This topic will be dedicated just for BoKS Server Manager application issues and experiences.
BoKS is an access control and auditing tool for especially Linux/Unix servers and also for Windows servers and applications and desktops.
If you want to apply “separation of duties” rudiment for system administrators on Linux/Unix servers you have to supply a role based acces control (RBAC) mechanism on servers.
And you have to consider RBAC especially on S-Ox servers.
Traditional ‘sudo’ mechanism is not enough for supplying RBAC.
So you have to prefer a 3rd party application for this purpose.
There is not many alternative products about supplying RBAC and auditing on Linux/Unix servers at the market.
Some of them are: eTrust Access Control (CA), Power Broker (beyondtrust – Formerly Known As Symark), BoKS Server Manager (FoxT)
We use BoKS in our company and I will be sharing some features, some issues and their solutions, some helpful commands, etc.
Briefly, you may find any interesting thing about BoKS here.
OK. It’s enough the story part. Let’s be a bit technical..
The first topic about BoKS is here..