Access Control List Linux
Linux filesystem ACLs grant named users and groups permissions beyond the traditional owner, group, and other mode bits.
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AIDE
AIDE detects unauthorized file changes by comparing filesystem metadata and hashes against a trusted integrity database.
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A profile-based application containment system.
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The package manager used on Debian, Ubuntu and their derivatives.
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A file that lists public keys that are allowed to connect to an account via SSH.
View definitionBash
A very common command interpreter on Linux.
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Cgroups limit and measure the resources consumed by Linux processes
View definitionchmod
A Linux command used to change permissions for a file or directory.
View definitionchown
A command that changes the owner or group of a file.
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The chroot command changes a process's apparent root directory; it is not a complete security isolation boundary.
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A classic process for planning recurring tasks under Linux.
View definitiondnf
A package manager used in particular on recent Fedora and RHEL.
View definitionExtended Attribute (xattr)
Extended file attributes store additional metadata, including security labels or application-specific information, on Linux filesystems.
View definitionFail2ban
Fail2ban analyzes service logs and temporarily blocks sources exhibiting repeated suspicious authentication failures.
View definitionFilesystem Journal
A filesystem journal records pending metadata operations to improve consistency after unexpected shutdowns.
View definitionFUSE
Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) lets applications implement filesystems without writing kernel filesystem modules.
View definitiongrep
A command used to search for text corresponding to a pattern.
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A file system structure that describes a file or directory.
View definitioniptables
A historical tool for setting up network filtering under Linux.
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An order used to view logs managed by systemd.
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systemd-journald collects and indexes system and service logs, which administrators inspect with journalctl.
View definitionKerberos Client Linux
A Linux Kerberos client obtains and uses tickets to authenticate to services within a Kerberos realm.
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Linux namespaces isolate resources such as process IDs, mounts, networks, and users between processes.
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PAM provides a modular layer d, authentication under Linux
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