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29.Dd December 30, 1996
30.Dt SECURITY.CONF 5
31.Os NetBSD 1.3
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm security.conf
34.Nd daily security check configuration file
35.Sh DESCRIPTION
36The
37.Nm
38file specifies which of the standard
39.Pa /etc/security
40services are performed.  The
41.Pa /etc/security
42script is run, by default, every night from
43.Pa /etc/daily ,
44on a
45.Nx
46system, if configured do to so from
47.Pa /etc/daily.conf .
48.Pp
49The variables described below can be set to "NO" to disable the test:
50.Bl -tag -width check_network
51.It Sy check_passwd
52This checks the
53.Pa /etc/master.passwd
54file for inconsistancies.
55.It Sy check_group
56This checks the
57.Pa /etc/group
58file for inconsistancies.
59.It Sy check_rootdotfiles
60This checks the root users startup files for sane settings of $PATH
61and umask.  This test is not fail safe and any warning generated from
62this should be checked for correctness.
63.It Sy check_ftpusers
64This checks that the correct users are in the
65.Pa /etc/ftpusers
66file.
67.It Sy check_aliases
68This checks for security problems in the
69.Pa /etc/aliases
70file.
71.It Sy check_rhosts
72This checks for system and user rhosts files with "+" in them.
73.It Sy check_homes
74This checks that home directories are owned by the correct user.
75.It Sy check_varmail
76This checks that the correct user owns mail in
77.Pa /var/mail ,
78and that the mail box has the right permissions.
79.It Sy check_nfs
80This checks that the
81.Pa /etc/exports
82file does not export filesystems to the world.
83.It Sy check_devices
84This checks for changes to devices and setuid files.
85.It Sy check_mtree
86This runs
87.Xr mtree 8
88to ensure that the system is installed correctly.
89.It Sy check_changelist
90This updates the list of files in
91.Pa /etc/changelist
92and their backups in
93.Pa /var/backups/file.current
94and
95.Pa /var/backups/file.backup .
96.El
97.Pp
98.Sh FILES
99.Pa /etc/security
100.Pa /etc/security.conf
101.Sh SEE ALSO
102.Xr daily.conf 5
103.Sh HISTORY
104The
105.Nm
106file appeared in
107.Nx 1.3 .
108