A Role Based Access Control Solution for Linux Network

Linux networks are widely used nowadays in computers laboratories or clusters as convenient solutions for optimal hardware and software exploitation by the organizations. One of the challenges in managing these networks is the control of users who have different level of expertise and various roles in the organization. This heterogeneity of organization personnel requires a mechanism to control “who accesses what” network node or software application. This article proposes an access control solution for a Linux network built on the Role Based Access Control model which uses well known Linux tools and services: sudo, PAM, LDAP.