03-02-2011
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1. Cybersecurity
I am starting an audit of unix security within our company and am looking for any information that may assist me with this. I am looking for any tips or pointers that I should be aware of when looking at unix. I am very new to unix so any help will do. Maybe there is someone out the that has had... (3 Replies)
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2. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hello,
What does the following mean in terms of file permissions.
-rw-rwSrw- 1 owner group 999 May 25 2004 file_name
What does the "S" stand for.
Thanks in advance for your input. :) (3 Replies)
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3. Windows & DOS: Issues & Discussions
I work for a big company and all the people within my unit share a common drive to save documents to. I am listed in the group(AMS group) that has access rights to folders within this drive. but i'm trying to restrict access to a confidential folder so that only I can access it.
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4. Cybersecurity
Hello,
If you are interested in security, check out this new directory of unix and linux related software tools.
Security - Links
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
I want to change one of my Dir permissions to drwx--S--- Can you tell me which number i have to use.
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6. Tips and Tutorials
Introduction
I have seen some misinformation regarding Unix file permissions. I will try to set the record straight. Take a look at this example of some output from ls:
$ ls -ld /usr/bin /usr/bin/cat
drwxrwxr-x 3 root bin 8704 Sep 23 2004 /usr/bin
-r-xr-xr-x 1 bin bin ... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: Perderabo
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7. Ubuntu
Hi Team,
I want to set permissions to one folder in such a way that the user can write files or create folder inside that but should not able to delete it.
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LEARN ABOUT HPUX
audswitch
audswitch(2) System Calls Manual audswitch(2)
NAME
audswitch() - suspend or resume auditing on the current process
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
suspends or resumes auditing within the current process. This call is restricted to users with the privilege.
One of the following flags must be used for aflag:
Suspend auditing on the current process.
Resume auditing on the current process.
can be used in processes with the privilege to temporarily suspend auditing during intervals where auditing is to be handled by the process
itself. Auditing is suspended by a call to with the parameter and resumed later by a call to with the parameter.
An call to resume auditing serves only to reverse the action of a previous call to suspend auditing. A call to to resume auditing when
auditing is not suspended has no effect.
affects only the current process. For example, cannot suspend auditing for processes from the current process. (Use (see setaudproc(2))
to enable or disable auditing for a process and its children).
Security Restrictions
Some or all of the actions associated with this system call require the privilege. Processes owned by the superuser have this privilege.
Processes owned by other users may have this privilege, depending on system configuration. See privileges(5) for more information about
privileged access on systems that support fine-grained privileges.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, returns If an error occurs, is returned and the global variable is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
fails if one of the following is true:
The user does not possess the
privilege.
The input parameter is neither
nor
AUTHOR
was developed by HP.
SEE ALSO
audevent(1M), audusr(1M), setaudproc(2), audit(5), privileges(5).
audswitch(2)