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Diffstat (limited to 'perl-install/security/help.pm')
| -rw-r--r-- | perl-install/security/help.pm | 65 |
1 files changed, 40 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/perl-install/security/help.pm b/perl-install/security/help.pm index a3b7f940e..5c31e074c 100644 --- a/perl-install/security/help.pm +++ b/perl-install/security/help.pm @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ our %help = ( 'allow_autologin' => N("Allow/Forbid autologin."), 'allow_issues' => N("If set to \"ALL\", /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net are allowed to exist. + If set to NONE, no issues are allowed. + Else only /etc/issue is allowed."), 'allow_reboot' => N("Allow/Forbid reboot by the console user."), @@ -28,12 +30,16 @@ Else only /etc/issue is allowed."), 'allow_user_list' => N("Allow/Forbid the list of users on the system on display managers (kdm and gdm)."), -'allow_x_connections' => N("Allow/Forbid X connections. First arg specifies what is done -on the client side: ALL (all connections are allowed), LOCAL (only -local connection) and NONE (no connection)."), +'allow_x_connections' => N("Allow/Forbid X connections: + +- ALL (all connections are allowed), + +- LOCAL (only connection from local machine), + +- NONE (no connection)."), 'allow_xserver_to_listen' => N("The argument specifies if clients are authorized to connect -to the X server on the tcp port 6000 or not."), +to the X server from the network on the tcp port 6000 or not."), 'authorize_services' => N("Authorize: @@ -45,18 +51,21 @@ to the X server on the tcp port 6000 or not."), To authorize the services you need, use /etc/hosts.allow (see hosts.allow(5))."), -'create_server_link' => N("If SERVER_LEVEL (or SECURE_LEVEL if absent) is greater than 3 -in /etc/security/msec/security.conf, creates the symlink /etc/security/msec/server -to point to /etc/security/msec/server.<SERVER_LEVEL>. The /etc/security/msec/server -is used by chkconfig --add to decide to add a service if it is present in the file -during the installation of packages."), +'create_server_link' => N("If SERVER_LEVEL (or SECURE_LEVEL if absent) +is greater than 3 in /etc/security/msec/security.conf, creates the +symlink /etc/security/msec/server to point to +/etc/security/msec/server.<SERVER_LEVEL>. + +The /etc/security/msec/server is used by chkconfig --add to decide to +add a service if it is present in the file during the installation of +packages."), -'enable_at_crontab' => N("Enable/Disable crontab and at for users. Put allowed users in /etc/cron.allow and /etc/at.allow -(see man at(1) and crontab(1))."), +'enable_at_crontab' => N("Enable/Disable crontab and at for users. -'enable_console_log' => N("Enable/Disable syslog reports to console 12. \"expr\" is the -expression describing what to log (see syslog.conf(5) for more details) and -dev the device to report the log."), +Put allowed users in /etc/cron.allow and /etc/at.allow (see man at(1) +and crontab(1))."), + +'enable_console_log' => N("Enable/Disable syslog reports to console 12"), 'enable_dns_spoofing_protection' => N("Enable/Disable name resolution spoofing protection. If \"alert\" is true, also reports to syslog."), @@ -88,23 +97,29 @@ dev the device to report the log."), 'password_length' => N("Set the password minimum length and minimum number of digit and minimum number of capitalized letters."), 'set_root_umask' => N("Set the root umask."), -CHECK_UNOWNED => N("if set to yes, report unowned files."), +CHECK_OPEN_PORT => N("if set to yes, check open ports."), +CHECK_PASSWD => N("if set to yes, check for : + +- empty passwords, + +- no password in /etc/shadow + +- for users with the 0 id other than root."), +CHECK_PERMS => N("if set to yes, check permissions of files in the users' home."), +CHECK_PROMISC => N("if set to yes, check if the network devices are in promiscuous mode."), +CHECK_SECURITY => N("if set to yes, run the daily security checks."), +CHECK_SGID => N("if set to yes, check additions/removals of sgid files."), CHECK_SHADOW => N("if set to yes, check empty password in /etc/shadow."), CHECK_SUID_MD5 => N("if set to yes, verify checksum of the suid/sgid files."), -CHECK_SECURITY => N("if set to yes, run the daily security checks."), -CHECK_PASSWD => N("if set to yes, check for empty passwords, for no password in /etc/shadow and for users with the 0 id other than root."), -SYSLOG_WARN => N("if set to yes, report check result to syslog."), CHECK_SUID_ROOT => N("if set to yes, check additions/removals of suid root files."), -CHECK_PERMS => N("if set to yes, check permissions of files in the users' home."), +CHECK_UNOWNED => N("if set to yes, report unowned files."), +CHECK_WRITABLE => N("if set to yes, check files/directories writable by everybody."), CHKROOTKIT_CHECK => N("if set to yes, run chkrootkit checks."), -CHECK_PROMISC => N("if set to yes, check if the network devices are in promiscuous mode."), +MAIL_USER => N("if set, send the mail report to this email address else send it to root."), +MAIL_WARN => N("if set to yes, report check result by mail."), RPM_CHECK => N("if set to yes, run some checks against the rpm database."), +SYSLOG_WARN => N("if set to yes, report check result to syslog."), TTY_WARN => N("if set to yes, reports check result to tty."), -CHECK_WRITABLE => N("if set to yes, check files/directories writable by everybody."), -MAIL_WARN => N("if set to yes, report check result by mail."), -MAIL_USER => N("if set, send the mail report to this email address else send it to root."), -CHECK_OPEN_PORT => N("if set to yes, check open ports."), -CHECK_SGID => N("if set to yes, check additions/removals of sgid files."), 'set_shell_history_size' => N("Set shell commands history size. A value of -1 means unlimited."), |