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Operating Systems OS X (Apple) Creating Shell Script for STIG Checklist MAC OSX 10.6 Post 302565678 by john3j04 on Tuesday 18th of October 2011 01:01:10 PM
Old 10-18-2011
Error Creating Shell Script for STIG Checklist MAC OSX 10.6
Hello,

I am new to Mac OSX and shell scripting all together. I was wondering if anyone could help get me started in a few scenarios so that I would be able to automate checking a system against a STIG checklist. A STIG Checklist is a DoD Guideline for securing systems. Here is the first instance I would like to learn how to automate:

Open a terminal session and use the following command to view the setting for password history.

sudo pwpolicy -n -getglobalpolicy | tr " " "\n" | grep usingHistory

If the value of usingHistory is less than 15, this is a finding.

NOTE: If the command returns a response of password server is not configured, the system is not managed. Use the following command for non-managed systems.

pwpolicy -n /Local/Default -getglobalpolicy | tr " " "\n" | grep usingHistory


Now, I know that it tells you what to check and makes it so that anyone can perform this check, so please excuse my stupidity. We all have to start somewhere.

I am not interested in fixing a system, just running a script against a system to see if it conforms to the guideline or not. It would be nice if output could be printed telling me if it passes or not, or even print the output into a log file. There will be a couple of hundred checks that I will have to do, so all output will have to go to a log file.

Thank you for your time and assistance!
 

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head

HEAD(1) 								FSF								   HEAD(1)

NAME

       head - output the first part of files

SYNOPSIS

       head [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

       Print  first  10 lines of each FILE to standard output.	With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name.  With no
       FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

       -c, --bytes=SIZE
	      print first SIZE bytes

       -n, --lines=NUMBER
	      print first NUMBER lines instead of first 10

       -q, --quiet, --silent
	      never print headers giving file names

       -v, --verbose
	      always print headers giving file names

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

       SIZE may have a multiplier suffix: b for 512, k for 1K, m for 1 Meg.

AUTHOR

       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

       The  full documentation for head is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and head programs are properly installed at your site, the
       command

	      info head

       should give you access to the complete manual.

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