How to Install and Uninstall jailkit Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "jailkit" package

Please follow the guidance below to install jailkit on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                jailkit
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "jailkit" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall jailkit on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                jailkit
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the jailkit package on Kali Linux

Package: jailkit
Version: 2.23-2
Installed-Size: 297
Maintainer: Joao Eriberto Mota Filho
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), python3:any
Size: 68792
SHA256: d01a147f6c0c99cb6cee08333ca2d0eb493cc71eabd804045647f574d884c4f9
SHA1: 4630c95ec37124bf06f293680797e57104ac23c8
MD5sum: ab55bf6009c35cd3f6e63c87f32bd48d
Description: tools to generate chroot jails easily
Jailkit is a set of utilities to limit user accounts to specific files using
chroot() and or specific commands. Setting up a chroot shell, a shell limited
to some specific command or a daemon inside a chroot jail is a lot easier and
can be automated using these utilities.
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Jailkit is a specialized tool that is developed with a focus on security. It
will abort in a secure way if the configuration, the system setup or the
environment is not 100% secure, and it will send useful log messages that
explain what is wrong to syslog.
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Jailkit is known to be used in network security appliances from several
leading IT security firms, Internet servers from several large enterprise
organizations, Internet servers from Internet service providers, as well as
many smaller companies and private users that need to secure login in services
or in daemon processes.
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Currently, Jailkit provide jails for cvs, git, scp sftp, ssh, rsync, procmail,
openvpn, vnc, etc.
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Jailkit make available the following commands: jk_check, jk_chrootlaunch,
jk_chrootsh, jk_cp, jk_init, jk_jailuser, jk_list, jk_lsh, jk_socketd,
jk_uchroot, jk_update.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://olivier.sessink.nl/jailkit/
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/j/jailkit/jailkit_2.23-2_amd64.deb