Re: unix compliance checks - multiple returns on regexes

Paul Davis <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.nessus.general
Organization Tenable Network Security
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Doug,

I know in the past that our method of handling multiple matches has changed and I'm checking for you on the precise behavior and how it has 
changed. In the interim, please try the following regex:

^ *[^#]?authpriv.*/.*

Let me know if this works.

Doug Nordwall wrote:
> lets take CIS check 5.1 - printers. the relevant part is:
> 
> file : "/etc/syslog.conf"
> regex : "^ *[^#]*authpriv.*"
> expect : "authpriv.*/var/log/secure"
> 
> when trying this manually I see...
> 
> # grep "^ *[^#]*authpriv.*" /etc/syslog.conf
> *.info;cron.none;authpriv.none;local7.none /var/log/messages
> authpriv.* /var/log/secure
> authpriv.* @logginghost
> 
> does FILE_CONTENT_CHECK handle multiple expects? if now, how might you 
> handle a case like this?
> 
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> Doug Nordwall
> Unix, Network, and Security Administrator
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Paul Davis
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Tenable Network Security Inc
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