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SECMODEL_BSD44(9)      NetBSD Kernel Developer's Manual      SECMODEL_BSD44(9)


NAME

     secmodel_bsd44 -- traditional NetBSD security model (based on 4.4BSD)


DESCRIPTION

     secmodel_bsd44 is the default security model in NetBSD.  It is the tradi-
     tional security model based on 4.4BSD and is composed of two main con-
     cepts, the super-user and the securelevel.

   Super-user
     The super-user is the host administrator, considered to have higher priv-
     ileges than other users.  It is the only entity the kernel recognizes by
     having an effective user-id of zero.

   Securelevel
     Please refer to secmodel_securelevel(9) for details.


SEE ALSO

     kauth(9), secmodel(9), secmodel_securelevel(9)


AUTHORS

     Elad Efrat <elad@NetBSD.org>

NetBSD 5.1                     November 21, 2007                    NetBSD 5.1