Paths/DevOps Engineer/Security & Hardening / Access Control & Least Privilege
Write a Reusable Audit Script
Audits should be repeatable, not remembered. Write a script that lists the listening sockets, counts the failed requests in the access log and is readable only by its owner.
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01Requirements
live checks- Directory ~/audit exists○
- File ~/audit/audit.sh exists○
- The script inspects listening sockets and searches the access log○
- Permissions on ~/audit/audit.sh are 700 (owner only, executable)○
02Walkthrough
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Create the audit directory
Audits are artifacts - keep them in a folder you can hand to an auditor.
mkdir ~/audit - 6 locked · each failed submit reveals one
03Stuck?
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04AI Tutor
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04Notebook
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