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Protecteing resources on esxi 4.1

have to configure..

Protection requirements for system facility entries executing with privilege authority.

/etc/init.d/ directory structure

Each active entry's file/command/script to be executed, and all existing directories in its path, must have settings for "other"  of r-x or more stringent.

please advcie
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ESXi is not Linux, it's not required. This is only applicable to Linux.

Have you checked the Security Hardening Guide, and Security Compliance Documents for ESXi 4.1  if you are trying to secure ESXi.
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also to check for..

Swap Files ending in .vswp must have permission bits set to xx0. &
Data files ending in .vmdk must have permission bits set to xx0.

is it applicable for my esxi host and will there be any outage for my pord esxi 4.1?
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so no need to configure these on esxi ?

can you pls advice best tool to scan esx/esxi/virtual environment for such kind of vulnerabilities to be scanned?
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ok,let me check it
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checked for the hardening guide, pls advice if this can be  protected on esxi 4.1
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Thanks