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Subject: gconf_gnome_screensaver_idle_delay
From: "Matos, Carlos M (ES)" <Carlos.Matos () ngc ! com>
Date: 2014-04-28 16:34:27
Message-ID: FFDF7D2C77976740B2B9D7013F3FDCD109FCEBED () XMBC3084 ! northgrum ! com
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Hello,
This is in response to the stig-rhel6-server-upstream xccdf profile. For Security \
Identifier CCE-26828-4 it states the following:
Set GNOME Login Inactivity Timeout
Run the following command to set the idle time-out value for
inactivity in the GNOME desktop to 15 minutes:
# gconftool-2 \
--direct \
--config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory \
--type int \
--set /apps/gnome-screensaver/idle_delay 15
Setting the idle delay controls when the
screensaver will start, and can be combined with
screen locking to prevent access from passersby.
CCE-26828-4
To check the current idle time-out value, run the following command:
$ gconftool-2 -g /apps/gnome-screensaver/idle_delay
If properly configured, the output should be 15.
There is two parts of my question:
1. I believe that this is checking the wrong location for this setting. Setting \
an idle_delay value in /apps/gnome-screensaver/idle_delay has no effect on actually \
locking this setting down. In fact, the correct location should be: \
/desktop/gnome/session/idle_delay and the proper way to set this would be: # \
gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory \
--type int --set /desktop/gnome/session/idle_delay 15
a. This has been tested and verified and you can also see: Red Hat bug \
867945<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867945>
2. I think it is well known that environments are always different. With that \
being said, in my instance, we set this value to 10, not 15, so of course this will \
fail.
a. Is there a way to update this to check to ensure that this value is either \
<= 15 OR maybe between 5 and 15?
Carlos Matos
NGC - ES
Linux Systems Administrator
6120 Longbow Drive
720-622-6226
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span \
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span \
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span \
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">This is in \
response to the stig-rhel6-server-upstream xccdf profile. For Security Identifier \
CCE-26828-4 it states the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p \
class="MsoPlainText"> <o:p></o:p></p> \
<p class="MsoPlainText"> Set \
GNOME Login Inactivity Timeout<o:p></o:p></p> <p \
class="MsoPlainText"> \
<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoPlainText">Run the following command to set the idle \
time-out value for<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoPlainText">inactivity in the GNOME \
desktop to 15 minutes:<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""># \
gconftool-2 \<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><span \
style="font-family:"Courier New""> --direct \<o:p></o:p></span></p> \
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> \
--config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory \<o:p></o:p></span></p> \
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> \
--type int \<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><span \
style="font-family:"Courier New""> --set \
/apps/gnome-screensaver/idle_delay 15<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p \
class="MsoPlainText"> \
<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoPlainText">Setting the idle delay controls when \
the<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoPlainText">screensaver will start, and can be \
combined with<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoPlainText">screen locking to prevent access \
from passersby.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> \
CCE-26828-4 \
<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">To check the current idle time-out value, run the following \
command:<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">$ \
gconftool-2 -g /apps/gnome-screensaver/idle_delay<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p \
class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier \
New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText">If properly \
configured, the output should be 15.<o:p></o:p></p> <p \
class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><span \
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">There is \
two parts of my question:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" \
style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if \
!supportLists]><span \
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><span \
style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New \
Roman""> \
</span></span></span><![endif]><span \
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">I believe \
that this is checking the wrong location for this setting. Setting an idle_delay \
value in </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier \
New"">/apps/gnome-screensaver/idle_delay</span><span \
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""> has no \
effect on actually locking this setting down. In fact, the correct location should \
be: /desktop/gnome/session/idle_delay and the proper way to set this would be: \
</span> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""># \
gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory \
--type int --set /desktop/gnome/session/idle_delay 15</span><span \
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 \
level2 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span \
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><span \
style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New \
Roman""> \
</span></span></span><![endif]><span \
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">This has \
been tested and verified and you can also see: <a \
href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867945">Red Hat bug \
867945</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" \
style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if \
!supportLists]><span \
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><span \
style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New \
Roman""> \
</span></span></span><![endif]><span \
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">I think it \
is well known that environments are always different. With that being said, in my \
instance, we set this value to 10, not 15, so of course this will \
fail.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" \
style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"> <![if \
!supportLists]><span \
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><span \
style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New \
Roman""> \
</span></span></span><![endif]><span \
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Is there a \
way to update this to check to ensure that this value is either <= 15 OR maybe \
between 5 and 15?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Carlos Matos<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">NGC - ES<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Linux Systems Administrator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">6120 Longbow Drive<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">720-622-6226<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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