sxid command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

sxid: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: sxid: command not found

Solutions to sxid: command not found

How To Fix sxid: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu sxid is provided by sxid package.

sxid is:

This program runs as a cronjob. Basically it tracks any changes in your s[ug]id files and folders. If there are any new ones, ones that aren’t set any more, or they have changed bits or other modes, then it reports the changes. You can also run this manually for spot checking.

It tracks s[ug]id files by SHA-256 checksums. This helps detect if your files have been tampered with, would not show under normal name and permissions checking. Directories are tracked by inodes.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install sxid

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install sxid.

sudo apt -y install sxid

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install sxid

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix sxid command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.