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Basic Security Auditing

  • /var/cpanel/accounting
  • check /tmp for nobody
  • check /etc/passwd
  • /var/log/secure
  • rkhunter
  • # find / -perm +4000 > ~/suids      # searches for all suid files and outputs to ~/suids file
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