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Verify CA ControlMinder Installation on Linux or Unix

(Optional) You can verify the installation by confirming that basic CA ControlMinder functionality works. You find the installation log in the installation directory under AccessControl/AccessControl_install.log.

Follow these steps:

1. Log on as root user.
2. Create a test file and give everyone read permissions:

   echo “##  This is my test file ##” > /tempfile
   chmod 666 /tempfile
   

3. Change into the CA ControlMinder bin directory. Load CA ControlMinder if it is not yet running:

   cd /opt/CA/AccessControl_128SP0_211/bin/
   ./seload
   

4. Run selang, create a testuser, and give it exclusive permission to access the test file.

   ./selang
   AC> eu testuser password(1)
   AC> ef /testfile owner(nobody)
   AC> auth FILE /testfile uid(testuser) acc(A)
   AC> exit
   

5. Verify that the root user cannot access the file ("permission denied"):

   cat /testfile
   

6. Log into the system as user testuser:

   ssh localhost -l testuser
   

7. Verify that testuser is able to access the file as expected:

   cat /testfile
   

Your CA ControlMinder installation is complete.