Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Important Security Files in Linux:-


Security - Important Files:-


/etc/passwd - password file
/etc/shpasswd - shadow password file
/etc/group -lists groups and users contained in groups
/etc/services - lists network services and their ports
/etc/ftpusers - contains list of accounts that cannot use ftp
/etc/hosts.equiv - generic list of remote users
~/.rhosts - list of remote users for a specific account
/etc/hosts - host definition list
/etc/hosts.lpd - hosts who can use remote printing
/etc/hosts.allow - lists services that remote users are allowed to use
/etc/hosts.deny - lists services tthat remote users are not allowed to use
/etc/nologin - no login message that also disables logins
/etc/securetty - lists legal terminals for root to login from
/etc/exports - lists locations that can be remotely accessed via NFS
/etc/syslog.conf - configures the syslog facility
/etc/inetd.conf - configures inetd

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