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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.,
<B>solaris.admin.edit//etc/syslog.conf</B>);
multiple instances of such specific authorizations can be granted.
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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.
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If Edit Administrative Files is grayed, then you are not entitled
to Add or Remove this authorization.
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