Re: Does aide_periodic_cron_checking have an incorrect fix documented?

Paul Whitney Fri, 09 Aug 2013 09:47:43 -0700

Pretty sure you are correct. This is an entry that should be in root's crontab, without the word "root".

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On Aug 09, 2013, at 12:38 PM, "Hayden,Robert" <[email protected]> wrote:

I was reviewing the Rule: aide_periodic_cron_checking and noticed the following recommended fix:
----start quote----
To implement a daily execution of AIDE at 4:05am using cron, add the following line to /etc/crontab:
05 4 * * * root /usr/sbin/aide --check

AIDE can be executed periodically through other means; this is merely one example.

---- end quote------

This fix is also documented in the RHEL STIG version 1 release 2.

I believe that is an incorrect line for crontab as the 6^th element is to be the executed command. On my RHEL 6.4 machine, "root" is not a valid command and I receive the following in local mail box

# mail
Heirloom Mail version 12.4 7/29/08. Type ? for help.
"/var/spool/mail/root": 1 message 1 new
>N 1 Cron Daemon Fri Aug 9 04:05 23/1036 "Cron <root@techval15> root /usr/sbin/aide --check"
& 1
Message 1:
From [email protected] Fri Aug 9 04:05:01 2013
Return-Path: <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 04:05:01 -0500
From: [email protected] (Cron Daemon)
To: [email protected]
Subject: Cron <root@techval15> root /usr/sbin/aide --check
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Auto-Submitted: auto-generated
X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/root>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root>
X-Cron-Env: <USER=root>
Status: R

/bin/sh: root: command not found

Am I missing something?

Thanks
Robert

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