128 lines
3.9 KiB
Groff
128 lines
3.9 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: security.conf.5,v 1.6 1999/03/17 20:19:48 garbled Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Matthew R. Green
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.Dd August 25, 1998
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.Dt SECURITY.CONF 5
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm security.conf
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.Nd daily security check configuration file
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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file specifies which of the standard
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.Pa /etc/security
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services are performed. The
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.Pa /etc/security
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script is run, by default, every night from
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.Pa /etc/daily ,
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on a
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.Nx
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system, if configured do to so from
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.Pa /etc/daily.conf .
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.Pp
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The variables described below can be set to "NO" to disable the test:
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.Bl -tag -width check_network
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.It Sy check_passwd
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This checks the
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.Pa /etc/master.passwd
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file for inconsistancies.
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.It Sy check_group
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This checks the
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.Pa /etc/group
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file for inconsistancies.
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.It Sy check_rootdotfiles
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This checks the root users startup files for sane settings of $PATH
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and umask. This test is not fail safe and any warning generated from
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this should be checked for correctness.
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.It Sy check_ftpusers
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This checks that the correct users are in the
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.Pa /etc/ftpusers
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file.
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.It Sy check_aliases
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This checks for security problems in the
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.Pa /etc/aliases
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file.
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.It Sy check_rhosts
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This checks for system and user rhosts files with "+" in them.
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.It Sy check_homes
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This checks that home directories are owned by the correct user.
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.It Sy check_varmail
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This checks that the correct user owns mail in
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.Pa /var/mail ,
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and that the mail box has the right permissions.
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.It Sy check_nfs
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This checks that the
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.Pa /etc/exports
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file does not export filesystems to the world.
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.It Sy check_devices
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This checks for changes to devices and setuid files.
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.It Sy check_mtree
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This runs
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.Xr mtree 8
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to ensure that the system is installed correctly.
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.It Sy check_disklabels
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Backup text copies of the disklabels of available disk drives into
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.Pa /var/backups/disklabel.XXX ,
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and display any differences in those and the previous copies
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as per
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.Sy check_changelist
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below.
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.It Sy check_changelist
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This updates the list of files in
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.Pa /etc/changelist
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and their backups in
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.Pa /var/backups/file.current
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and
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.Pa /var/backups/file.backup ,
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and displays any differences found.
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.El
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.Pp
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The variables described below can be set to modify the tests:
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.Bl -tag -width check_network
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.It Sy max_loginlen
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If
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.Sy check_passwd
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is enabled, this determines the maximum permitted length of login names.
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.El
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.Pp
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.Sh FILES
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.Pa /etc/security
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.Pa /etc/security.conf
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr daily.conf 5
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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file appeared in
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.Nx 1.3 .
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The
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.Sy check_disklabels
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functionality was added in
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.Nx 1.4 .
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