[PATCH] allow enable_gdm_login_banner to pass if gdm isn't installed

Maura Dailey maura at eclipse.ncsc.mil
Fri Apr 25 18:11:45 UTC 2014


If you're run into this situation, however unusual, then your rationale 
makes sense to me. ACK.

- Maura Dailey

On 04/25/2014 11:34 AM, Paul Tittle (Contractor) wrote:
> Maura,
>
> That's a good observation. However, I have run across a use-case where 
> GConf2 is installed but gdm isn't: you can have vnc sessions that use 
> gnome-session. The other gconf checks are needed for that machine, but 
> the gdm one isn't. So I think it may be necessary to have a separate 
> gdm package check.
>
> On 4/25/14 11:17 AM, Maura Dailey wrote:
>> I have an open question that you and others can weigh in on. Should 
>> we introduce a new check, package_gdm_installed? Or is it sufficient 
>> to rely on the existing check GConf2, which has gdm as a dependency? 
>> I had this dilemma when I submitted the other more closely related 
>> GConf2 dependent checks, which is why I skipped the gui banner check.
>>
>> - Maura Dailey
>>
>> On 04/25/2014 10:47 AM, Paul Tittle wrote:
>>> ---
>>>   RHEL/6/input/checks/banner_gui_enabled.xml         |    3 +-
>>>   RHEL/6/input/checks/package_gdm_installed.xml      |   26 
>>> ++++++++++++++++++++
>>>   .../input/checks/templates/packages_installed.csv  |    1 +
>>>   RHEL/6/input/fixes/bash/package_gdm_installed.sh   |    1 +
>>>   4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>>   create mode 100644 RHEL/6/input/checks/package_gdm_installed.xml
>>>   create mode 100644 RHEL/6/input/fixes/bash/package_gdm_installed.sh
>>>
>>> diff --git a/RHEL/6/input/checks/banner_gui_enabled.xml 
>>> b/RHEL/6/input/checks/banner_gui_enabled.xml
>>> index a6c147c..4be3183 100644
>>> --- a/RHEL/6/input/checks/banner_gui_enabled.xml
>>> +++ b/RHEL/6/input/checks/banner_gui_enabled.xml
>>> @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
>>>         <description>Enable the GUI warning banner.</description>
>>>         <reference source="rmercer" ref_id="20131104" 
>>> ref_url="test_attestation" />
>>>       </metadata>
>>> -    <criteria>
>>> +    <criteria operator="OR">
>>> +      <extend_definition comment="gdm installed" 
>>> definition_ref="package_gdm_installed" negate="true" />
>>>         <criterion comment="check settings" 
>>> test_ref="test_banner_gui_enabled" />
>>>       </criteria>
>>>     </definition>
>>> diff --git a/RHEL/6/input/checks/package_gdm_installed.xml 
>>> b/RHEL/6/input/checks/package_gdm_installed.xml
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 0000000..b9ea21f
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/RHEL/6/input/checks/package_gdm_installed.xml
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
>>> +<def-group>
>>> + <!-- THIS FILE IS GENERATED by create_package_installed.py.  DO 
>>> NOT EDIT.  -->
>>> +  <definition class="compliance" id="package_gdm_installed"
>>> +  version="1">
>>> +    <metadata>
>>> +      <title>Package gdm Installed</title>
>>> +      <affected family="unix">
>>> +        <platform>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6</platform>
>>> +      </affected>
>>> +      <description>The RPM package gdm should be 
>>> installed.</description>
>>> +      <reference source="swells" ref_id="20130829" 
>>> ref_url="test_attestation"/>
>>> +    </metadata>
>>> +    <criteria>
>>> +      <criterion comment="package gdm is installed"
>>> +      test_ref="test_package_gdm_installed" />
>>> +    </criteria>
>>> +  </definition>
>>> +  <linux:rpminfo_test check="all" check_existence="all_exist"
>>> +  id="test_package_gdm_installed" version="1"
>>> +  comment="package gdm is installed">
>>> +    <linux:object object_ref="obj_package_gdm_installed" />
>>> +  </linux:rpminfo_test>
>>> +  <linux:rpminfo_object id="obj_package_gdm_installed" version="1">
>>> +    <linux:name>gdm</linux:name>
>>> +  </linux:rpminfo_object>
>>> +</def-group>
>>> diff --git a/RHEL/6/input/checks/templates/packages_installed.csv 
>>> b/RHEL/6/input/checks/templates/packages_installed.csv
>>> index 6dfc406..ef6e737 100644
>>> --- a/RHEL/6/input/checks/templates/packages_installed.csv
>>> +++ b/RHEL/6/input/checks/templates/packages_installed.csv
>>> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ aide
>>>   audit
>>>   cronie
>>>   GConf2
>>> +gdm
>>>   iptables
>>>   iptables-ipv6
>>>   irqbalance
>>> diff --git a/RHEL/6/input/fixes/bash/package_gdm_installed.sh 
>>> b/RHEL/6/input/fixes/bash/package_gdm_installed.sh
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 0000000..b5025fa
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/RHEL/6/input/fixes/bash/package_gdm_installed.sh
>>> @@ -0,0 +1 @@
>>> +yum -y install gdm
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