Setuid

Finding setuid binaries on Linux and BSD

To perform a basic audit of the binaries on your system, we can search for setuid binaries. Finding these setuid binaries is easy with the find command.

Linux capabilities 101

Introduction guide and tutorial about the inner workings of Linux capabilities and how these capabilities are applied when running Linux processes.

Linux Capabilities: Hardening Linux binaries by removing setuid

Setuid binaries may be a risk for the system. We will investigate how to remove the setuid bit and use Linux capabilities instead, to reduce the risks.