Apply read protection

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The read protection feature prevents unauthorized programs or users from reading protected data.

You can read-protect specific components to prevent unauthorized programs or users from reading the data. These components can't be compressed or encrypted.

  • Run this command at the command prompt.

    sadmin read-protect [ -i ] pathname1 ... pathnameN

    Specify the full path for each component to be read-protected.

    Paths can include wildcard characters. When using wildcards, make sure that the specified string matches a limited set of file paths or file names. If the specified string matches many files, we recommend you revise the string.

    • Paths can include the * wildcard character. Using/abc/*/def is allowed while /abc/*.sh, /abc/*.*, or /abc/doc.* is not supported.

    For example:

    • # sadmin read-protect –i /etc/password

    You can apply read protection over mounted network file system components by specifying the network paths with the sadmin read-protect command.