Information about the package, pax-utils, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pax-utils package is designed for, ELF utils that can check files for security relevant properties.
Package Name:
pax-utils
Summary:
ELF utils that can check files for security relevant properties
Description:
pax-utils is a small set of utilities for peforming Q/A (mostly security) checks on systems (most notably, `scanelf`). It is focused on the ELF format, but does include a Mach-O helper too for OS X systems. While heavily integrated into Gentoo's build system, it can be used on any distro as it is a generic toolset. Originally focused only on [PaX](https://pax.grsecurity.net/), it has been expanded to be generally security focused. It still has a good number of PaX helpers for people interested in that.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.2.3
Release:
1.el6
Size:
90 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the pax-utils package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pax-utils
This command will install pax-utils on the server.
yum remove pax-utils
This command will un-install pax-utils on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pax-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pax-utils
This command will un-install pax-utils on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove pax-utils when using the -y flag.
yum update pax-utils
This command will update pax-utils to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pax-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pax-utils
This command will update pax-utils to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove pax-utils when using the -y flag.
yum info pax-utils
This command will show you core information about the pax-utils package.
yum deplist pax-utils
This command will show you the dependencies for pax-utils. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update pax-utils
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pax-utils. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.