How to Install and Uninstall jailkit Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "jailkit" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install jailkit on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall jailkit on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                jailkit
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the jailkit package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: jailkit
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.21-3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Joao Eriberto Mota Filho
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 300
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), python3:any
Filename: pool/universe/j/jailkit/jailkit_2.21-3_amd64.deb
Size: 67788
MD5sum: ae5647f15005431337129187f6c57243
SHA1: 7840250e7f4fde01685388d962555a3ed343363c
SHA256: ef72346ceeb6392b921b53c86702305997c778c82aad60ddf516896a6babeb01
SHA512: d673bf28e80ba9f4fe43a3ea9c7858ad9e7ca6161024b9639f0e557a0048aa5482095fbd2a540311a35671c4ce5c656b6f5234e4a35024117539ffc86b55ad3e
Homepage: https://olivier.sessink.nl/jailkit/
Description-en: 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: 3d23fb6efa2f91edca720503251eaeb4