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Which are root's startup files?

I was going through a server hardening manual.
At some interval it was mentioned that there should not be any alias for commands defined in roots startup files .

How would i check it?

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the files are in the /etc directory under
rc* subdirectories in /etc

Note: a lot of the files in these directories are usually links

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How would i check it?

Also, you can typically check for aliases by typing the alias command:

Code:

me@home:/home/myhome/bin# alias
alias ls='ls --color=auto'

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Quote:

there should not be any alias for commands defined in roots startup files

This sentence is ambiguous. Are you able to quote what was written in the book?

My interpretatation would be to ensure that there are no "alias" commands in the profile for the "root" account. Presumably because it could change the meaning of privileged commands.

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