File Security
From an end user's perspective, file security is one of the most critical areas of security. Some file security is built into GNU/Linux: chmod (pages 119 and 1103) gives you basic security control. ACLs (Access Control Lists) allow more fine-grained control of file access permissions. ACLs are part of Solaris, Windows NT/2000/XP, VAX/VMS, and mainframes OSs. Red Hat 8.0 includes the getfacl and setfacl utilities but does not activate ACLs in the kernel. Refer to the acl man page for more information. Even these tools are insufficient when your account is compromised (for example, by someone watching your fingers on the keyboard as you type your password). To provide maximum file security, you must encrypt your files. Then even someone ...
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