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User's Guide Oracle Solaris 11 Information Library| In contrast
to traditional UNIX systems, superuser (the root user) is not
used to administer Trusted Extensions. Rather, administrative
roles with discrete capabilities administer the system. In this
way, no single user can compromise a system's security. A role
is a special user account that provides access to certain
applications with the rights that are necessary for performing
the specific tasks. Rights include labels, authorizations,
privileges, and effective UIDs/GIDs. The following security
practices are enforced on a system that is configured with
Trusted Extensions: You are granted access to applications and
authorizations on a need-to-use basis. You can perform functions
that override security policy only if you are granted special
authorizations or special privileges by administrators. System
administration duties are divided among multiple roles. In
Trusted Extensions, you can access o