Discover local unix accounts

[S3curity Guy]

Hello

Had a quick scan and found some guides but wanted some advice!

We have a new requirement to manage local UNIX accounts on a number of RHEL servers! Fun times!

Basically I want to use the PAM to scan the boxes with a credential I give it (Potentially root) and then get all the local user accounts back for the first round and then ideally get them so they can then be added in as accounts that can then be used to logon going forward.

Do I need to be licenced for A2A to do this? Or can it be done without that licence?

Thanks,

M

[Andreas Mueller]

Hello

 

There is no need for using A2A to accomplish what you describe – for this you use the built in Unix Connector which basically does an initial SSH login to the target to do the local account discovery and password management.

 

I suggest to attend the relevant training courses which you find here

https://www.hcltech.com/sites/default/files/enterprise-learning-path/layer7-privileged-access-manager.pdf  ( https://www.hcltech.com/enterprise-studio/education/learning-path )

 

which will show you exactly how this is done and how it works.

 

Regards,

Andreas