1.\" $NetBSD: security.conf.5,v 1.2 1997/07/01 22:55:26 rat Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Matthew R. Green 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 15.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 16.\" This product includes software developed by Matthew R. Green for 17.\" the NetBSD Project. 18.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products 19.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. 20.\" 21.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 22.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 23.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 24.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 25.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, 26.\" BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; 27.\" LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED 28.\" AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, 29.\" OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 30.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 31.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 32.\" 33.Dd December 30, 1996 34.Dt SECURITY.CONF 5 35.Os NetBSD 1.3 36.Sh NAME 37.Nm security.conf 38.Nd daily security check configuration file 39.Sh DESCRIPTION 40The 41.Nm 42file specifies which of the standard 43.Pa /etc/security 44services are performed. The 45.Pa /etc/security 46script is run, by default, every night from 47.Pa /etc/daily , 48on a 49.Nx 50system, if configured do to so from 51.Pa /etc/daily.conf . 52.Pp 53The variables described below can be set to "NO" to disable the test: 54.Bl -tag -width check_network 55.It Sy check_passwd 56This checks the 57.Pa /etc/master.passwd 58file for inconsistancies. 59.It Sy check_group 60This checks the 61.Pa /etc/group 62file for inconsistancies. 63.It Sy check_rootdotfiles 64This checks the root users startup files for sane settings of $PATH 65and umask. This test is not fail safe and any warning generated from 66this should be checked for correctness. 67.It Sy check_ftpusers 68This checks that the correct users are in the 69.Pa /etc/ftpusers 70file. 71.It Sy check_aliases 72This checks for security problems in the 73.Pa /etc/aliases 74file. 75.It Sy check_rhosts 76This checks for system and user rhosts files with "+" in them. 77.It Sy check_homes 78This checks that home directories are owned by the correct user. 79.It Sy check_varmail 80This checks that the correct user owns mail in 81.Pa /var/mail , 82and that the mail box has the right permissions. 83.It Sy check_nfs 84This checks that the 85.Pa /etc/exports 86file does not export filesystems to the world. 87.It Sy check_devices 88This checks for changes to devices and setuid files. 89.It Sy check_mtree 90This runs 91.Xr mtree 8 92to ensure that the system is installed correctly. 93.It Sy check_changelist 94This updates the list of files in 95.Pa /etc/changelist 96and their backups in 97.Pa /var/backups/file.current 98and 99.Pa /var/backups/file.backup . 100.El 101.Pp 102.Sh FILES 103.Pa /etc/security 104.Pa /etc/security.conf 105.Sh SEE ALSO 106.Xr daily.conf 5 107.Sh HISTORY 108The 109.Nm 110file appeared in 111.Nx 1.3 . 112