NetBSD/share/man/man5/security.conf.5

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.Dd October 15, 2001
.Dt SECURITY.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm security.conf
.Nd daily security check configuration file
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
file specifies which of the standard
.Pa /etc/security
services are performed.  The
.Pa /etc/security
script is run, by default, every night from
.Pa /etc/daily ,
on a
.Nx
system, if configured do to so from
.Pa /etc/daily.conf .
.Pp
The variables described below can be set to "NO" to disable the test:
.Bl -tag -width check_network
.It Sy check_passwd
This checks the
.Pa /etc/master.passwd
file for inconsistancies.
.It Sy check_group
This checks the
.Pa /etc/group
file for inconsistancies.
.It Sy check_rootdotfiles
This checks the root users startup files for sane settings of $PATH
and umask.  This test is not fail safe and any warning generated from
this should be checked for correctness.
.It Sy check_ftpusers
This checks that the correct users are in the
.Pa /etc/ftpusers
file.
.It Sy check_aliases
This checks for security problems in the
.Pa /etc/mail/aliases
file.
For backward compatibility,
.Pa /etc/aliases
will be checked as well if exists.
.It Sy check_rhosts
This checks for system and user rhosts files with "+" in them.
.It Sy check_homes
This checks that home directories are owned by the correct user,
and have appropriate permissions.
.It Sy check_varmail
This checks that the correct user owns mail in
.Pa /var/mail ,
and that the mail box has the right permissions.
.It Sy check_nfs
This checks that the
.Pa /etc/exports
file does not export filesystems to the world.
.It Sy check_devices
This checks for changes to devices and setuid files.
.It Sy check_mtree
This runs
.Xr mtree 8
to ensure that the system is installed correctly.
The following configuration files are checked:
.Bl -tag -width 4n
.It Pa /etc/mtree/special
Default files to check.
.It Pa /etc/mtree/special.local
Local site additions.
.It Pa /etc/mtree/DIR.secure
Specification for the directory
.Pa DIR .
.El
.It Sy check_disklabels
Backup text copies of the disklabels of available disk drives into
.Pa /var/backups/work/disklabel.XXX ,
and display any differences in those and the previous copies
as per
.Sy check_changelist
below.
If
.Xr fdisk 8
is available on the current platform, the output of
.Pa /sbin/fdisk
for each available disk drive is stored in
.Pa /var/backups/work/fdisk.XXX ,
and any differences displayed as per the disklabels.
.It Sy check_pkgs
This stores a list of all installed pkgs into
.Pa /var/backups/work/pkgs
and checks it for any changes.
.It Sy check_changelist
This determines a list of files from the contents of
.Pa /etc/changelist ,
and the output of
.Ic mtree -D
for
.Pa /etc/mtree/special
and
.Pa /etc/mtree/special.local .
For each file in the list it compares the files with their backups in
.Pa /var/backups/file.current
and
.Pa /var/backups/file.backup ,
and displays any differences found.
The following
.Xr mtree 8
.Sy tags
modify how files are determined from
.Pa /etc/mtree/special
and
.Pa /etc/mtree/special.local :
.Bl -tag -width exclude -offset indent
.It exclude
The entry is ignored; no backups are made and the differences are not
displayed.
This includes dynamic or binary files such as
.Pa /var/run/utmp .
.It nodiff
The entry is backed up but the differences are not displayed because
the contents of the file are sensitive.
This includes files such as
.Pa /etc/master.passwd .
.El
.El
.Pp
The variables described below can be set to modify the tests:
.Bl -tag -width check_network
.It Sy max_grouplen
If
.Sy check_group
is enabled, this determines the maximum permitted length of group names.
.It Sy max_loginlen
If
.Sy check_passwd
is enabled, this determines the maximum permitted length of login names.
.It Sy backup_dir
Change the backup directory from
.Pa /var/backup .
.It Sy pkgdb_dir
Change the pkg database directory from
.Pa /var/db/pkg
when
.Sy check_pkgs
is enabled.
.It Sy backup_uses_rcs
Use
.Xr rcs 1
for maintaining backup copies of files noted in
.Sy check_devices ,
.Sy check_disklabels ,
.Sy check_pkgs ,
and
.Sy check_changelist
instead of just keeping a current copy and a backup copy.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/security.local -compact
.It Pa /etc/security
daily security check script
.It Pa /etc/security.conf
daily security check configuration
.It Pa /etc/security.local
local site additions to
.Pa /etc/security
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr daily.conf 5
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
file appeared in
.Nx 1.3 .
The
.Sy check_disklabels
functionality was added in
.Nx 1.4 .
The
.Sy backup_uses_rcs
and
.Sy check_pkgs
features were added in
.Nx 1.6 .