About the OWNER attribute of the USER class record

Products

• CA Virtual Privilege Manager
• CA Privileged Identity Management Endpoint (PIM)
• CA Privileged Access Manager (PAM)

Issue/Introduction

How to use owner() for USER class.
What is the purpose of the owner() for USER class?

Environment

UNIX/Linux

Resolution

This is to modify the rules which owner is same.

SAMPLE:
AC>su testA
owner : root(USER)
In this case:
root user can be changed the attribution of testA user.
So,
$sewhoami
testB
AC>cu testA grace(XX)
You will see error.

AC>su testA
owner : testB(USER)
In this case:
testB user can be changed the attribution of testA user.
$sewhoami
testB
AC>cu testA grace(XX)
You will not see error.