Table 1-1 Key Types and User Capabilities

Key Type/User Type

Superuser or appropriate privileges and file permissions for the device files

Owner Key

Recovery Key

authorized user Key

Capabilities

Any user with superuser privileges or the appropriate privileges and file permissions can perform the following tasks (no EVFS key is required):

Start or stop the EVFS subsystem

Map volumes to EVFS (create EVFS device files)

Create EVFS volumes

Create user keys for other users

Display information about EVFS volumes

Restore an EVFS volume's EMD

If a user has the owner key for an EVFS volume and the appropriate file permissions for the device file, the user can perform the following tasks:

Enable and disable EVFS volumes

Add and remove authorized user keys to EVFS volumes

Change the owner of an EVFS volume

Destroy an EVFS volume (remove the EMD; the data is irrecoverable)

The user can also perform tasks that do not require EVFS keys, such as displaying information about EVFS volumes.

If a user has the recovery key for an EVFS volume and the appropriate file permissions for the device file, the user can change the owner of an EVFS volume.

The user can also perform tasks that do not require EVFS keys, such as displaying information about EVFS volumes.

If a user has an authorized user key for an EVFS volume and the appropriate file permissions for the device file, the user can enable and disable EVFS volumes (note that some backup procedures require the user to disable and enable the volume).

The user can also perform tasks that do not require EVFS keys, such as displaying information about EVFS volumes.

EVFS Commands

EVFS provides the following commands to configure and manage EVFS:

evfsadm

The evfsadm utility manages the EVFS subsystem and creates device files for EVFS volumes.

evfspkey

The evfspkey utility creates, stores, and manages EVFS user keys.

evfsvol

The evfsvol utility configures and manages the EVFS volumes.

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