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Monthly Buzz - August - Privilege Management Unix Linux
Monthly Buzz - August - Privilege Management Unix Linux

How to install EPM-UL agent on AIX using package installer Listed below is a summary of steps for installing the Endpoint Privilege Management for Unix and Linux (EPM-UL) agent on an AIX server using the package installer. In this article EPM-UL version 22.2 is used however, these steps are good for other versions of EPM-UL as well.  In the below example, a runhost and submithost are set up and there is already a primary policy server setup that will be specified.For further install instructions, please review AIX Install Procedure. Copy the following files to the /opt/  directory AIXSRV client PMUL_aix_22.2.0-07.tar.Z PMUL_aix_22.2.0-07_pkg.tar.Z Uncompress the files gunzip PMUL_aix_22.2.0-07.tar.Z gunzip PMUL_aix_22.2.0-07_pkg.tar.Z Make sure you are in /opt directory and extract the tar files: cd /opt/ tar -xvf PMUL_aix_22.2.0-07.tar tar -xvf PMUL_aix_22.2.0-07_pkg.tar This will create the powerbroker directory. Change the directory to the following: cd /opt/powerbroker/v22.2/PMUL_a

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Endpoint Privilege Management (Unix/Linux) - Knowledge Article Publications (Sep 1 - Sep 8)Weekly KB Publications

The following articles were published last week. New Knowledge Base Articles: KB0021256 - EPM-UL pbbench fails with error 8523 Client failure in SSL_connect - Unable to initilize SSL to policy server KB0021403 - EPM-UL error - 3811.3 This server is not a License Server KB0021407 - How identify roles contains specific hostgroup for EPM-UL KB0021421 - 3802.2 Invalid parameter - must supply reason message KB0021475 - REST (Pbconfigd) processes not running on hosts after upgrading from BIUL 21.1 to 23.1

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GloriaB
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GloriaBBeyondTrust Employee
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Endpoint Privilege Management (Unix/Linux) - Knowledge Article Publications (Aug 18 - Aug 25)Weekly KB Publications

The following articles were published last week. New Knowledge Base Articles: KB0022740 - pbrun fails with error "Cannot access sharedlibsolarisprojects /usr/lib/libproject.so" KB0022781 - "3430 Insecure operation" error when installing epml-cachedclient or epm-client packages KB0022785 - Linux Server with Palo Alto firewall fail to connect with error 3003.01 Could not connect to a policy server daemon KB0022793 - Is EPM-UL vulnerable to libssl and libcurl CVE-2024 vulnerabilities ? KB0022800 - Is YK38 compatible with EPM-UL? Are there any risks? KB0022807 - Does CVE-2025-7425 Use-After-Free vulnerability in libxslt affect EPM-UL?

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GloriaB
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GloriaBBeyondTrust Employee
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Endpoint Privilege Management (Unix/Linux) - Knowledge Article Publications (Aug 4 - Aug 11)Weekly KB Publications

The following articles were published last week. New Knowledge Base Articles: KB0021406 - Is EPM-UL affected by CVE-2022-41556?

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Monthly Buzz - July - Privilege Management Unix Linux
Monthly Buzz - July - Privilege Management Unix Linux

Onboarding Linux/Unix Servers and Local Linux/Unix Accounts. There are specific deployment steps required to onboard Linux or Unix systems, as well as local Linux accounts. See details below Pre-deployment steps to be done on the Linux or Unix machine You must create an account to be used as the functional account. This account can be a local account or an Active Directory account that can login to the Linux or Unix system. A functional account must be set up to change passwords and have elevated privileges. Elevated privileges can be set up for the functional account to use sudo, pbrun or pmrun.   You will need to create a scan account. Check the machine to see if there are any custom prompts or banners with the prompt character in them. If there is then you will need to make changes to the custom platform.   Workflow to add Systems and Accounts Create Address Group Login to Web console as a BeyondTrust administrator Navigate to Configuration > DISCOVERY MANAGEMENT > Addre

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Endpoint Privilege Management (Unix/Linux) - Knowledge Article Publications (Jul 21 - Jul 28)Weekly KB Publications

The following articles were published last week. New Knowledge Base Articles: KB0021379 - Does CVE-2024-6387 affect Endpoint Privilege Management? KB0022672 - pbevent.log is not updating

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GloriaB
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Endpoint Privilege Management (Unix/Linux) - Knowledge Article Publications (Jul 14 - Jul 21)Weekly KB Publications

The following articles were published last week. New Knowledge Base Articles: KB0022671 - EPM Cloud for Linux (EPM-L SaaS) clients do not show in the console after pbactivate has been run

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Monthly Buzz - June - Privilege Management Unix Linux
Monthly Buzz - June - Privilege Management Unix Linux

EPM Unix & Linux (UL) Supported Versions Lifecycle and OS Compatibility Information The tables below detail the operating systems that are fully supported and actively maintained for Endpoint Privilege Management for Unix and Linux (EPM-UL). These EPM-UL versions will be updated if necessary to fix problems with functionality and enhancements. In line with the other BeyondTrust products, EPM-UL releases are supported for 2 years from the initial Certified date. File names are structured as <Release Identifier>.tar.Z where the <Release Identifier> is pmul_<OS Version>-<Release Number>. Important: Before any clients are upgraded to the latest release, it's recommended that the license, policy, and log servers are upgraded to the latest release. EPM-L (SaaS) - Non-cached clients  EPM-UL Version Certified Date End of Support 25.1.4 May 2025 Apr 2027 25.1.3 Apr 2025 Apr 2027 25.1.2 Mar

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Endpoint Privilege Management (Unix/Linux) - Knowledge Article Publications (Jun 9 - Jun 16)Weekly KB Publications

The following articles were published last week. New Knowledge Base Articles: KB0022541 - Constrains violation when installing PMUL with RNS "4012.01 Failed set Host in Registry Name Service" KB0022544 - Is it possible to manage the password for pblight? KB0022549 - Why does the pblighttpd.log file need execute permissions?

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GloriaB
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GloriaBBeyondTrust Employee
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Endpoint Privilege Management (Unix/Linux) - Knowledge Article Publications (May 29 - Jun 5)Weekly KB Publications

The following articles were published last week. New Knowledge Base Articles: KB0022138 - Deploying Beyondinsight for Unix and Linux (BIUL)

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Monthly Buzz - May - Privilege Management Unix Linux
Monthly Buzz - May - Privilege Management Unix Linux

How to Activate Policy Caching for EPM-UL Below are the steps to activate policy caching for Endpoint Privilege Management for Unix and Linux (EPM-UL) , to convert clients to cached clients. These steps are specific to clients and not servers and can only be performed on on-premise versions of EPM-UL. The SaaS version (EPM-L) requires a full build on the clients if switching. Note: These steps cannot be performed on the SaaS version (EPM-L, this will result in a conflict error"{noformat}# rpm -Uv ./epml-cachedclient.x86_64.rpmerror: Failed dependencies:epml-client conflicts with epml-cachedclient-25.1.0.04-1.x86_64epml-cachedclient conflicts with (installed) epml-client-25.1.0.04-1.x86_64{noformat}"the non-cached client will need to be uninstalled and reinstalled as a cached client.  Warning: It is strongly recommended to test this in a non-production environment first.  Ensure the EPM-UL server is set to allow caching.  This can be confirmed by checking the /etc/pb.settings file .  R

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Endpoint Privilege Management (Unix/Linux) - Knowledge Article Publications (May 5 - May 12)Weekly KB Publications

The following articles were published last week. New Knowledge Base Articles: KB0022371 - Unable to elevate with EPM-UL and sudo - Error 8523 Client failed to contact remote host

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Monthly Buzz - April - Privilege Management Unix Linux
Monthly Buzz - April - Privilege Management Unix Linux

Introducing Pathfinder BeyondTrust is introducing Pathfinder, our new unified interface that brings together our powerful security solutions under a single login and integrated experience for operational agility that brings shared context across all our products. This interface will enable organizations to better manage identity security across their heterogeneous environments and ensure critical assets are protected from all angles. Security teams will benefit with a unified platform for faster incident response, intelligent recommendations, and streamlined workflows to reduce risks and gain operational efficiency. Managing cybersecurity in today’s complex threat landscape requires a comprehensive, integrated approach that enables security teams to effectively find, control, and protect all paths to privilege.  For more information, please check out our press release and platform page:BeyondTrust Pathfinder Delivers a One-Platform Approach to…Pathfinder Platform | BeyondTrust Latest A

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Endpoint Privilege Management (Unix/Linux) - Knowledge Article Publications (Apr 14 - Apr 21)Weekly KB Publications

The following articles were published last week. New Knowledge Base Articles: KB0022130 - Unable to use Sudo commands. Client licensing error - No space left on device KB0022139 - pbrun24.1.4-05[2730476]: Could not connect to run host

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Endpoint Privilege Management (Unix/Linux) - Knowledge Article Publications (Mar 31 - Apr 7)Weekly KB Publications

The following articles were published last week. New Knowledge Base Articles: KB0021293 - Session not authorized due to licensing constraints KB0022177 - Unable to to use pbrun after upgrade to OEL 8.9 "8057.01 PAM SESSION Error: PAM session start failure"

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GloriaB
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Endpoint Privilege Management (Unix/Linux) - Knowledge Article Publications (Mar 24 - Mar 31)Weekly KB Publications

The following articles were published last week. New Knowledge Base Articles: KB0022138 - Deploying Beyondinsight for Unix and Linux (BIUL)

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GloriaB
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Endpoint Privilege Management (Unix/Linux) - Knowledge Article Publications (Mar 10 - Mar 17)Weekly KB Publications

The following articles were published last week. New Knowledge Base Articles: KB0021479 - Could not create any of the 1 tasks requested Received "expected installer was not found"

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GloriaB
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Endpoint Privilege Management (Unix/Linux) - Knowledge Article Publications (Mar 3 - Mar 10)Weekly KB Publications

The following articles were published last week. New Knowledge Base Articles: KB0021979 - How to activate policy caching for EPM-UL

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Customer Success Quarterly - 2025-Q1 - Privilege Management Unix Linux
Customer Success Quarterly - 2025-Q1 - Privilege Management Unix Linux

 Greetings! I'm Phillip Lehner, the Senior Director of Education at BeyondTrust, and I'm thrilled to lead our efforts in delivering exceptional learning experiences. I'm excited to share how we're elevating your journey with a new, streamlined method of accessing training: Success Included with BeyondTrust University.      At BeyondTrust University, we believe our customers deserve nothing short of excellence in the tools they use. That’s why we’ve launched 'Success Included' — to elevate your learning experience and ensure you achieve success with BeyondTrust’s solutions.  Success Included is an education program that makes foundational knowledge accessible to customers at no additional cost. It features easy-to-follow, self-paced eLearning courses that empower system administrators to configure and manage BeyondTrust products using industry best practices. Our goal is to equip learners with the knowledge needed to maximize the value of their investment with BeyondTrust. Because your

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The Fabulous Leon Robinson
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The Fabulous Leon RobinsonBeyondTrust Employee
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Logging keypresses of unprivileged command line sessions

EPM-L and EPM-UL have extensive ability to log privilege access and sessions. You can use the pbsh and pbksh to log and record unprivileged session, however the problems with that are twofold. Firstly, the pb-shell environments are incompatible with Advanced Control and Audit rules, and secondly, the shell environments are out-of-date compared to modern shell environments. They lack modern features like command argument completion, wildcard completion, directory history stack and others due to their age. Maybe a modern shell environment like bash, zsh or fish will get integrated into the product.The first issue is easily taken care of by normal DAC file system permissions, they are unprivileged users after all. The second issue is more complex and could be solved by just forcing people to use pbksh, but there is a method of logging which is secure, and respects the users choice of shell. That is by using a combination of PAM (the Linux Pluggable Authentication Modules) and auditd.Audit

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PMUL - Block all command without pbrun

Hi Team, I am trying PMUL and want to ask if i can block any standard command without pbrun. Example:I want to block the standard ping but without using pbrun ping.ping 8.8.8.8 should be rejected. But for now, i can only reject if user executed pbrun ping 8.8.8.8.Can we do that in PMUL? (right now, i am using role-based policies)I have a case from end-user, they want to block all kind of command except 2 or 3 specific commands.Thanks

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GloriaB
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Endpoint Privilege Management (Unix/Linux) - Knowledge Article Publications (Dec 16 - Dec 23)Weekly KB Publications

The following articles were published last week. New Knowledge Base Articles: KB0021526 - Endpoint Privileged Management for Unix Linux licensing FAQs KB0021758 - LDAP binding to Active Directory on EPM-UL fails with error - pbrun23.1.2-04[947719]: 3005 Request ended unexpectedly KB0021817 - Errors assigning EPM-UL license key - 3802.6 This host is not the Primary License server or 6025.78 Host is incorrect in the Registry Name Service Cache database KB0021830 - Error when trying to profile BIUL or EPM-UL servers "BIUL ERROR: sudo: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo"

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pbksh.log shows error " [368244] 1171 pbSSLAtomicWrite error 32: Broken pipe" on 23.1 (BIUL)

After the installation of BIUL 23.1 we are seeing below errors in logs. This is a custom installation of BIUL 23.1 on master server. pbksh.logDec  8 19:06:48 [368244] 1171 pbSSLAtomicWrite error 32: Broken pipe pbmasterd.logDec  8 19:18:24 [369488] 3018 LIBMANGLE_mangleRecvStart failure on fd 4. No data returned  

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Endpoint Privilege Management (Unix/Linux) - Knowledge Article Publications (Nov 18 - Nov 25)Weekly KB Publications

The following articles were published last week. New Knowledge Base Articles: KB0021661 - EPM Unix & Linux (UL) supported versions lifecycle and OS compatibility information KB0021749 - Client registration or REST call from EPMUL failing in an environment with https_proxy configured "Failed to call REST API - HTTP returned error"

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GloriaB
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Endpoint Privilege Management (Unix/Linux) - Knowledge Article Publications (Nov 4 - Nov 11)Weekly KB Publications

The following articles were published last week. New Knowledge Base Articles: KB0021713 - pbuninstall uses high amount of memory and CPU and is not behaving correctly on Ubuntu18 KB0021714 - User assigned to a Role Based Policy in EPM-L is unable to use the policy KB0021725 - 6101.53 Error accessing Message Router statistics error in msgrouter and pb.eventlog is not logging in eventlog

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