When Edit Administrative Files is in the Authorizations Include column, it grants the authorization to edit administrative files via the pfedit command. The authorization to edit can be restricted to a specific file by granting the user this authorization adorned with the absolute pathname of the file (e.g., solaris.admin.edit//etc/syslog.conf); multiple instances of such specific authorizations can be granted.

The ability to modify the contents of some configuration files can be used to escalate the privileges assigned to the user. Assignment of an authorization to edit such a file, or of a profile containing such an authorization, should be considered equivalent to providing full privileged access.

If Edit Administrative Files is grayed, then you are not entitled to Add or Remove this authorization.