General :: Distribution With Auditing Of Packages?
Jan 4, 2010
I have been out of the UNIX world for some time preoccupied with real life problems. I'm interested in getting a home system up and running, but having difficulties deciding on a base platform.I am leaning towards a Linux, versus a BSD due to the tremendous amount of employers seeking people with that technology. However, I am attracted to the auditing performed on packages on the BSD end, particularly NetBSD/OpenBSD.Is there a Linux distribution that performs auditing of third party packages? I understand there are some commercial distributions, but wonder if they are more reactive than proactive
I would like to install a program (R for statistical computing). I am using Slackware. On the download page of R (The Comprehensive R Archive Network) there are options to download the code for Debian, Redhat, Suse, and Ubuntu. Which one should I download in my case (using Slackware)? Is there any of them which I should not download?
I want to know that the tools used for Network Auditing in linux fedora, can any one share with me the names and little bit detail related to these specific tools. it will be the nice favor for me,
Recently I've read an interview at Distrowatch, where a topic was the compatibility of Slackware and Zenwalk packages. My understanding was that now they should both be used in both systems.
As Slackware doesn't feature a complete GNOME distribution, my curiosity was about the ability of Zenwalk's GNOME packages play a role there. If so, the second question is how intrusive those packages are considering Slackware 13.1.
I have a rhel5 as my file server with active directory intergeration and using samba for folder sharing ,webmin to manage the shares.We haveany folders and subfolders and files.We are facing the following issue.We had given a folder called yardworklist which is shared by 8 people with full access.The yardworklist will have more than 80 folders which represents each ship.The problem we are facing is some user copy a folder or file from a specific ship folder say SEA HERON to another ship's folder say BOW CLIPPER.The next day the person who wants to work on SEA HERON found the file or folder was missing and use his search tool to get the folder or file. I dont know who is the person did this.Basically a event log will also be enough like which file has been copied by whom to which place.
In 2 weeks, I will be handed over 8 servers, each one hosts around ~3 virtual machines, which will make them a total of around ~24 servers. And part of my initial responsibility is to make sure that these servers are secured and ready for me to look after.My question is, what are the best procedures (or as I will call it "checklist") to assess and audit each server, and be 100% sure that the server doesn't have a rootkit and everything is secured.
I have in my hands a bunch of samba logs, about 24 different files and I was wondering if there was a tool that would go through them and organize them into something readable.I had a gander at Sawmill
As part of server hardening process i would like to know the Best way of System Logging and Auditing.Following pointould be taken into consideration.Logging of critical eventsLogging access to critical accountsSecure storage and availability of logsReview of logsSecurity of logs
I am trying to initilaize auditing on a Red Hat 5.2 enterprise server. Things like:
/sbin/chkconfig audit on /etc/audit/audit.rules /var/log/audit/audit.log
are what I am looking at, but I need to know where things go to start the audit service. A simple example with all of the pieces set to audit, then I can add rules to match requirements.
I'm a linux newbie and scripting novice and I'm trying to pull auditing info and dump it into a file. I made some login changes so it would get audited but I don't want to have to sift through the log to see who the user was and what was done. This is what I have below here and I can't seem to get it to extract the info want using the event id. The "ausearch -a $10" from the script should get it from the 10th column but it's not working.If I can get this to work I would like to add additional aureport options.
I'm in need of some auditing to determine what is happening with some files on our local server. What is generally the best tool to load, and do you have any good links to a tutorial on how to install, setup and run?
I'm looking for what users have accessed a file. ... read, open, edit, delete, move, save... etc..
What does "distribution" mean? My Acer computer, on which I have linux linpus lite, comes with very little documentation and while I have a physics BA and have had exposure to technology, my knowledge of linux is just about zip. Is there a good place to start? As you can see, this question about the word "distribution" is a razor thin top of an enormous iceberg of ignorance.
I need a 64-bit Linux distribution to beta test TeraChem, a GPU-based quantum chemistry package. I have never personally used Linux, however, and I don't know anything about the available distributions. I was wondering if I could get some recommendations.
My system specifications:
CPU: Xeon W3520 GPU: NVIDIA GTX 275 Motherboard: GIGABYTE EX-58 UD5 Current OS: Windows 7 64-bit
I would not use Linux as my sole OS but would want to dual-partition (I think that is the term?). However, I think I would end up using the distribution for more than just running TeraChem. I may even become a convert!
What am I looking for in a distribution? Ease of use, efficiency, 64-bit. What do I know how to do? I can build computers, code in C++, comfortably use a command line.
I would like to make my own Linux distribution.Where do I find a Linux distribution that has just the OS, a browser and basic drivers for ethernet, video, etc.I can then build it up myself through the repo.
what distribution has the most software with it ? I mean one that come with many cds of software that get all install at once while the first install. I heard about this a while back but I can't remember the name of it, I think it was mandrivia. A free one but I am curious for the other one that cost money.
I've been using and relying on linux for some time. I have even tried distributions like Arch. I was wondering what would be a good book for learning the inner workings of linux, how to write shell scripts, compile my own kernel, how to build my own distribution, things like that. I also would like to know if there is a good book for linux networking works. I want to be able to modify distributions specifically for my hardware, and have a better home net work set up.
I've used Ubuntu for about a year now and I really want to move on to a distribution that involves more hands-on customization and more cutting-edge packages (with a wide availability). I'm mainly looking at Debian Testing, openSUSE, and Fedora, but I'm open to any other suggestions. I know Debian has a huge repository of packages, and I was also wondering if there were any good third-party repositories to get significantly more packages in Fedora or openSUSE.
Where would I begin if I want to develop my own distribution? I have the kernel 2.6 downloaded, so obviously I need that. Anyone have a decent site or book I can look at? I want to use KDE/Gnome, with a GUI installer. I know a bit of C/C++, and I'll need a good, (and cheap if possible) book to brush up.
I've been trying out various variants of Ubuntu (Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Linux Mint, Ultimate Ubuntu, to be specific) as well as the latest Fedora. The only thing that I can distinguish between the various distributions is the desktop environment that it uses (but some distributions, like Fedora, have multiple versions) and the software packages it comes with. But sofware can always be installed afterwards, and so can desktop environments, so what varies between the various distribution branches on a deeper level, on the things that the newbie user like me can't directly see? And is there any easy way to compile my own version of Linux?
How to add packages using X-Window's add/remove packages option in RHEL-5.3 as it shows only the currently installed package and and does not show any thing when we click the button "available packages" ?
I bought mini-pc and I plan to install linux on it. My first choice would be the Ubuntu distribution. I plan to use it for playing videos, ssh access, network/wifi (router) and running flash (not browser, native app) files. So... linux as "firmware" for my small pc box.What distribution would you propose?
I'm learning about the process of creating a Linux Distribution. My teacher said that I need to show him how to built Linux Distro from Linux kernel - only basic level not details. I read the Linux From Scratch project. They write in details but I only need a general level to write a document.
