Endpoint Privilege Management for Unix and Linux Installation

This guide provides the information that is needed to perform a basic installation of the Endpoint Privilege Management for Unix and Linux software.

Endpoint Privilege Management for Unix and Linux or EPM-UL, refers to the product formerly known as PowerBroker for Unix and Linux. Endpoint Privilege Management for Linux or EPM-L, refers to the new SaaS (cloud) product.

Specific font and line spacing conventions are used to ensure readability and to highlight important information, such as commands, syntax, and examples.

 

The BeyondInsight integration for Endpoint Privilege Management for Unix and Linux is no longer supported. Instead, EPM-UL uses BeyondInsight for Unix & Linux and ElasticSearch.

 

Both pbguid and pbsguid are deprecated as of EPM-UL version 22.3.0.

Sample Policy Files

When you receive the EPM-UL install media, there are sample EPM-UL policy files in the /examples folder. These sample policy files include detailed explanations of what they do. You can use these files to learn how policy files are typically written for various scenarios. A readme_samples text file in that directory includes a brief description of each sample file.