SSG 0.1-14-14 - enable_screensaver_password_lock

ssg fthfth ssgtesting1 at yahoo.com
Fri Feb 14 19:16:33 UTC 2014


For Enable Screen Lock Activation After Idle Period - (CCE-26235-2), with either the stig-rhel6-server or the usgcb-rhel6-server profiles selected from the SCAP stream, when run with SCC 3.1.1.1, may produce a false-negative on a RHEL6V1R2 non-complaint machine.
The non-complaint system screensaver lock disabled:
/usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/gconftool-2 -g /apps/gnome-screensaver/lock_enabled
False
See the following report output:
Enable Screen Lock Activation After Idle Period
ID:  enable_screensaver_password_lock
Result:  Pass
Identities:  CCE-26235-2
Description:  Run the following command to activate locking of the screensaver in the GNOME desktop when it is activated: # gconftool-2 --direct \ --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory \ --type bool \ --set /apps/gnome-screensaver/lock_enabled true
Fix Text:   
Severity:  medium
Weight:   
Reference:  AC-11(a)
57
Definitions:  
ID:  oval:ssg:def:770
Result:  true
Title:  Implement idle activation of screen lock
Description:  Idle activation of the screen lock should be enabled.
Class:  compliance
Tests:  

    true (All item-state comparisons must be true.)
        true (screensaver lock is enabled)

Tests:  
Test ID:  oval:ssg:tst:771
Result:  true
Title:  screensaver lock is enabled
Check Existence:  One or more collected items must exist.
Check:  All collected items must match the given state(s).
State Operator:  All item-state comparisons must be true.
Object ID:  oval:ssg:obj:1804
Object Requirements:  

    filepath must be equal to '/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree.xml'
    xpath must be equal to '/gconf/dir[@name='schemas']/dir[@name='apps']/dir[@name='gnome-screensaver']/entry[@name='lock_enabled']/local_schema[1]/default[1]/@value'

State ID:  oval:ssg:ste:1805
State Requirements:  

    value_of must be equal to 'true'

Collected Item Properties:  

    filepath equals '/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree.xml'
    path equals '/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults'
    filename equals '%gconf-tree.xml'
    xpath equals '/gconf/dir[@name='schemas']/dir[@name='apps']/dir[@name='gnome-screensaver']/entry[@name='lock_enabled']/local_schema[1]/default[1]/@value'
    value_of equals 'true'

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