I have found this script from the internet, Do not know the author of the script. In future, If I find the original link, I would add it here.

Trouble copying the above script? porttopid.sh

#!/bin/ksh

line=’———————————————‘ pids=$(/usr/bin/ps -ef | sed 1d | awk ‘{print $2}’)

if [ $# -eq 0 ]; […]

Aditing

Enable the Basic Security Module (BSM): /etc/security/bsmconv Configure the classes of events to log in /etc/security/audit_control: dir:/var/audit flags:lo,ad,pc,fc,fd,fm naflags:lo,ad # # lo – login/logout events # ad – administrative actions: mount, exportfs, etc. # pc – process operations: fork, exec, exit, etc. # fc – file creation # fd – file deletion # fm […]

Examine the dtsession timeout variable setting:

# cat /etc/dt/config/C/sys.resources | grep -i dtsession | grep -i lockTimeout If the dtsession timeout is greater than 15, commented or does not exist, this is a finding.

Examine the Open Windows timeout settings, both global and for every user.

# cat /usr/openwin/lib/app-defaults/XScreenSaver | egrep -i ‘\*(lock|timeout):’ If […]

Recently when I am using arrays in a script I got the error message as “Shell script arrays Syntax error: “(” unexpected”.

$ sh arrays.sh #In arrays.sh script I defined some arrays trying to extract values form it

The out put I got after running the script is below

Shell script arrays Syntax error: “(” […]

1. Purpose of OS Hardening

Computers and network elements connected to networks are vulnerable to attacks. The following is a list of commonly known types of attacks:

1. Viruses, worms, backdoors and trojans?2. Wire tapping and sniffing?3. Password cracking?4. Exploits of known vulnerabilities such as software buffer overflow 5. Denial of services (DOS)

Some of […]