| Why security? | Log files, commands, backdoors | Good passwords | other threats |
Providing access to legitimate
users only, is one of the goals of Unix systems administrator. There are several utilities, programs
that run on Unix systems bugs which provide potential security threats.
The most famous one is Sendmail Daemon that when used in debug mode will execute all the commands
as root, so a user who has an access to system can potentially become a superuser to do anything.
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| Fundamentals of Unix | Unix commands | User Accounts | Shell Programming |
| File Systems | Networking | Backups | Security |
| Installing software | Installing Hardware | Performance and Tuning | Some Useful Scripts |
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