Hello Leland,
May I assume that this is one of your unacked/unnacked checks? I'm going to read through the list carefully to hopefully uncover any others you may have been referencing in the concall this morning.
I apologize that I didn't respond to this patch when you first posted it, because I have been aware of this problem as a Linux system administrator. GDM requires certain GConf settings to be stored inside its user's home directory. When I tested your revised instructions just now, GDM did not read the changes, and the user list was not disabled. So in this particular case, I have to NACK this patch. If you saw different behavior on your machine, please let me know and I can try to work out why that might be.
There is a /var/lib/gdm/.gconf.mandatory directory which might fulfill your requirement. I've tested the following, and this command will disable the user list: sudo gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/var/lib/gdm/.gconf.mandatory --type bool --set /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list true
This command writes to /var/lib/gdm/.gconf.mandatory/%gconf-tree.xml.
Otherwise, I can write an oval check that matches the original XCCDF prose, which I can also confirm does work on our operational network. Please let me know which way you think we should go on this. I think we can get a very quick turnaround on this.
- Maura Dailey
On 01/13/2014 10:11 AM, Steinke, Leland J Sr CTR DISA FSO (US) wrote:
Ack/Nack?
Thanks, Leland
-----Original Message----- From:scap-security-guide-bounces@lists.fedorahosted.org [mailto:scap- security-guide-bounces@lists.fedorahosted.org] On Behalf Of Steinke, Leland J Sr CTR DISA FSO (US) Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 11:13 AM To:scap-security-guide@lists.fedorahosted.org Subject: [PATCH] update disable_user_list check and fix and add OVAL
This patch includes OVAL for the disable_user_list Rule. It also updates the check and fix to look at the same thing.
Thanks, Leland -- Leland Steinke, Security+ DISA FSO Technical Support Contractor tapestry technologies, Inc 717-267-5797 (DSN 570) leland.j.steinke.ctr@mail.mil (gov't) lsteinke@tapestrytech.com (com'l)
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