Prey
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Prey is a multi-OS anti-theft, data security, and management platform that helps you track your computer when it is stolen.
Installation
Install prey-node-clientAUR from the AUR.
Configuration
Note: Create an account on Prey's website if you have not done so already.
Tip: You can configure Prey using either the CLI config or the GUI config.
CLI config
Configure your device with your Prey account:
# prey_project config account setup
Follow on-screen instructions.
To activate your configuration, run prey_project config activate as user prey. One way to accomplish this is with sudo -u prey prey_project config activate.
Tip: The installer automatically starts and enables the systemd service prey-agent.service to activate Prey at boot. You can check if it is loaded and running with
# systemctl status prey-agent.service
Plugins
To enable/disable plugins, you must run # prey_project config plugins. Read on-screen instructions to list the available plugins and enable/disable them.
GUI config
You can use the GUI config to configure prey. Launch the GUI with:
# prey_project config gui
Tip: The installer automatically starts and enables the systemd service prey-agent.service to activate Prey at boot. You can check if it is loaded and running with
# systemctl status prey-agent.service
Troubleshooting
To troubleshoot, run
$ prey_project config check