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- Using Pluggable Authentication Modules with Linux
- PAM is used to protect Linux and UNIX systems from compromise through authentication, logging, and session management. Learn more about PAM, its configuration, and some of the modules available for it in this Daily Feature.Pluggable Authentication Modules PAM is used to protect Linux and UNIX systems from compromise through the...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, SECURITY, Jim McIntyre, Linux Filesystem Security, Linux, PAM, Pluggable Authentication Modules, configuration file
- Technical articles 2000-10-10
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- Build Object-Based Filesystem Into Linux: Technical Report (LCX-SSRC-2002-09)
- The OBFS(Object-Based FileSystem) is a new filesystem designed for OBSD(Object-Based Storage Device). The performance of OBFS is two times as good as that of EXT2 and is better than some other filesystems, such as XFS, when OBFS is designed as a separate filesystem, but not a filesystem under VFSVirtual Filesystem...
- Tags: File System, OBFS, Linux, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers
- Which File System do you use
- There are many filesystem usedRedhat's default is ext3, SuSe's is reisfs native filesystem. Some prefer to customise their OS for their favrioute filesystem.Which FileSystem do you use?The following is the list i found (here http://www.linux-faqs.com/HOWTO/Filesystems-HOWTO.php)1 ADFS - Acorn Disc File System 2 AFFS - Amiga fast filesystem 3 BeFS -...
- Tags: file system
- Discussion threads 2005-07-28
- Guide to Linux Filesystem Mastery
- The terminology used to discuss Linux filesystem concepts is a bit confusing for newcomers. The terms filesystem and file system are used interchangeably in the Linux documentation to refer to several different but related concepts. Linux veterans understand, from context, the sense in which these terms are used. Newcomers, however,...
- Tags: File System, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software
- White papers
- Establish your Linux filesystem integrity auditing system with the Tripwire utility
- Filesystem integrity auditing is an important part of any system administrator's security program. The open source tripwire utility is a highly functional, very capable tool, and is a critical part of secure system administration in a Linux or UNIX operating system environment. This integrity auditing involves keeping...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Linux, File System, Auditing, Tripwire, Filesystem Integrity Auditing, Integrity Auditing
- Download resources 2006-02-02
- PERL CGI PORTING from SUN SOLARIS TO LINUX
- 1.What are the flder systems structural differences in SUN SOLARIS and LINUX for PERL/CGI applications.2. Has there been a proting done before for this applications.3.Can anyone highlight the difficulties primarily faced and the necessary precautions1) it doesn't matter what the file system is.2) yup3) what difficulties, copy the cgi to...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Linux, CGI, file system, vramasw1@..., programming, Perl
- Q&A 2006-06-15
- red hat linux root partition is full
- In RED HAT LINUX Enterprise Rel. 3 Srever,Df command shows that / filesystem is utilised 100%.but individual calculation of each and every folder calculataion shows only 30%utilistaion of the total / filesystem.Please note that we have created software rais and raid filesystem is attached with / file system.Pl. help me.Do...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, file system
- Q&A 2006-06-30
- Linux Server Hacks: Profile Your Systems Using /proc
- The key to recognizing anomalies on the server is to have a good understanding and knowledge of what things look like when it's healthy. A great place to start hunting for information is the /proc filesystem. This filesystem is a portal into the depths of what the running kernel and...
- Tags: Linux Server, File System, O'Reilly Media Inc., Portals, Linux, Servers, Open Source, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Book chapters 2005-12-14
- Windows Vista in a Nushell: Working With the Filesystem, Drives, Data, and Search
- At the heart of Windows Vista are the filesystem and the files in it; without files, there's no reason to use a computer, after all. When Windows Vista was first announced, Microsoft had big plans for a completely redone filesystem, along with powerful search tools, all built on top of...
- Tags: File System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software
- Book chapters 2006-12-01
- Establish your Linux filesystem integrity auditing system with Tripwire
- Whenmost system administrators think of system security, they think of firewalls,network configuration, services management, and user policy. Rarely, they mighteven think of reactive defenses like rootkit checking. However, a task of greatimpor
- Tags: auditing, Chad Perrin, file system, Linux, Tripwire
- Technical articles 2006-02-02
- Learn to use extended filesystem ACLs
- Learn to use the handy filesystem ACLs to extend access controls to files and directories with more flexibility. ACLs, or Access Control Lists, are available for a variety of Linux filesystems including ext2, ext3, and XFS. With XFS, ACL support is available pretty much "out of the...
- Tags: Vincent Danen, Filesystem ACL, file system, Linux Tips Newsletter
- Technical articles 2006-07-10
- Linux Server Hacks: Piece Together Data From the Lost+Found
- The fsck utility, created by Ted Kowalski and others at Bell Labs for ancient versions of Unix, removed much of the black magic from checking and correcting the consistency of Unix filesystems. No one wept many tears for the passing of fsck's predecessors, icheck and ncheck, since fsck is far...
- Tags: Linux, Linux Server, File System, Server, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software
- Book chapters 2005-12-14
- Demystifying Security Enhanced (SE) Linux
- This flavor of Linux has strong Mandatory Access control Built into the kernel where by the process and objects such as files are classified based on the confidentiality and integrity requirement, hence the affect of a security breach is reduced to minimal. It is to be noted that this does...
- Tags: Linux, Security, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2005-12-21
- Enterprise Security and Linux
- People at all levels of an information technology IT organization understand that securing their systems and data must be a top priority. This paper provides a general knowledge update on some of the recent changes to the IT security landscape, and to introduce what Linux and other Open Source Software...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Enterprise Security, Information Technology, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Strategy, Security, Servers, Software, Management, Hardware
- White papers 2004-09-08
- mount point
- am new to unix and one of our user ask me to mount one directory to one server. what is the syntax in mounting and what is the target directory & mount point? whats the difference? please advise. not so familiar. thanks in advance.mount [device] filesystem locationfor full details type:man...
- Tags: file system, kimy, linux, server
- Q&A 2005-07-01
- HP and Linux: Security Infrastructure for the Enterprise
- Linux is an open source product that offers a full range of security features and applications and has benefited by efforts of the computer security community to incorporate leading edge security. The Linux operating system offers unparalleled flexibility in providing choices of security policy so systems can be deployed with...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Linux, Security, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2007-03-01
- Use WebDAV for remote personal storage
- KonquerorIn order to make Konqueror see the WebDAV folder as a filesystem you should use the webdav "protocol": webdavs://myhost.dyndns.org/filesDoes anyone know if Windows can also treat a webdav folder as a filesystem?
- Tags: cbm@..., Konqueror, linux, networking, storage, webdav, windows
- Discussion threads 2007-03-06
- Enhance overall network security with the versatility of rsync
- In the hands of a knowledgeable system administrator, rsync becomes a versatile and effective security tool. The rsync utility is, by design, a simple file copying tool. It has an advantage over other utilities, however, in that it uses a checksum comparison to determine what actually needs...
- Tags: System Administrator, TechRepublic Inc., Network, Auditing, Network Security, Tool, Security Tool, Productivity, Security
- Download resources 2006-03-15
- Optimise NTFS
- NTFS is a great filesystem, but its feature-set comes at a slight cost in performance. By default NTFS will automatically update timestamps whenever a directory is traversed. This isn't a necessary feature, and it slows down large volumes. This webcast shows how to optimise NTFS filesystem.
- Tags: NTFS
- Webcasts
- Linux load raid 5 with cage
- I have a server that I am trying to load with Netmax Linux Redhat version 7.3. Trying to load on a system with raid cage using raid level 5, 2120s controller and 4 Seagate 73GB SCSI drives. The problem is that cannot see the drives in the cage. ...
- Tags: abs65560@..., kernel, linux, RAID 5
- Discussion threads 2005-03-11
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