Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security for Linux

Managing user roles using the command line

Access to Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security functions via the command line is provided to users in accordance with their roles. A role is a set of rights and privileges for managing the application.

The four groups of system users are created in the operating system: kessadmin, kessuser, kessaudit, and nokess. When you assign an application role to a system user, the user is added to the corresponding group (see the Roles table below). When you revoke a role from a user, this user is removed from the corresponding group.

If no application role is assigned to a system user, that user belongs to a separate group of users without rights.

Thus, the roles correspond to the four groups of operating system users:

• kessadmin – the Administrator role
• kessuser – the User role
• kessaudit – the Auditor role
• nokess is assigned to a user if no other roles are assigned. In this case, the user belongs to a separate group of users without privileges

  User roles

  Role name	Role in application	OS user group	Permissions
  Administrator	admin	kessadmin	Managing application settings and task settings in the graphical interface of the application and on the command line without using the sudo command. Managing application licensing. Assigning roles to users. Revoking user roles (the administrator has no right to revoke the admin role from self). View and manage users' Storages.
  User	user	kessuser	Manage only user file scan tasks. Start and stop Update tasks. View reports for the tasks created by this user. View specific events that are common for all application users.
  Auditor	audit	kessaudit	Viewing application settings View application status. View all tasks, their settings, and start schedules. View all events. View all objects in Backup.
  —	—	nokess	No role is assigned in the application, no permissions.