Linux/Unix Agent
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kron pam linux agent is an application that is installed on linux based servers to manage authentication, authorization, and accounting (aaa) the communication between kron pam linux agent and kron pam instances is provided by https protocol and this communication is from agent to kron pam, means one way communication in general, when the agent is installed on a linux based operating system, it monitors user logins and logs them to kron pam if required, it can enforce a second factor authentication after the user enters their password it can also allow users defined in kron pam to log in to the operating system even if they do not exist locally, using ad bridging the agent controls the commands executed by the end user and enforces policies defined in kron pam—allowing, denying, or conditionally permitting execution based on those policies in addition, it records user activities and sends these logs to kron pam currently linux agent supports red hat 8 and 9, ubuntu 22 and 24 root user has all run right by default anything executed by root user will not be policed by the agent