Terms starting with S

11 terms in Linux

  • Seccomp

    Linux › Linux security

    Seccomp is a Linux kernel feature that restricts which system calls a process may make, shrinking the kernel attack surface of sandboxes…

  • SELinux

    Linux › Linux security

    SELinux is a Linux security module that enforces mandatory access control, confining processes by labels and policy even when they run as…

  • Shell script

    Linux › Shell & terminal

    A shell script is a text file of commands that a Linux shell such as Bash executes in sequence to automate administration…

  • Snap

    Linux › Package management

    A Snap is a self-contained Linux software package that bundles an application with its dependencies and installs, updates and confines it through…

  • strace

    Linux › Monitoring

    strace is a Linux diagnostic tool that traces the system calls and signals of a process, showing how a program interacts with…

  • sudo

    Linux › Permissions

    sudo is the Linux command that lets an authorized user run a single command as root or another user, governed by the…

  • Symbolic link

    Linux › Filesystem

    A symbolic link is a Linux filesystem entry that stores a path to another file or directory, which the kernel follows transparently…

  • systemctl

    Linux › System initialization

    systemctl is the command-line tool for controlling systemd on Linux, used to start, stop, enable and inspect services, targets and other units.

  • systemd

    Linux › System initialization

    systemd is the Linux init system and service manager that runs as PID 1, starts the system in parallel and supervises services…

  • systemd timer

    Linux › System initialization

    A systemd timer is a Linux unit file that activates another unit on a calendar schedule or after a delay, a modern…

  • systemd unit

    Linux › System initialization

    A systemd unit is a declarative configuration object that tells systemd how to start, stop, order and supervise one resource during Linux…