System call name Short description ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sys_read used for reading from files 3 sys_write used for writing to files 4 sys_open used to create or open files 5 sys_getdents/sys_getdents64 used to list a content of directories(also /proc) 141/220 sys_socketcall used for managing sockets 102 sys_query_module used for querying loaded modules 167 sys_setuid/sys_getuid used for managing UIDs 23/24 sys_execve used for executing binary files 11 sys_chdir used to change the directory 12 sys_fork/sys_clone used to create a child process 2/120 sys_ioctl used to control devices 54 sys_kill used to send signal to processes 37