The reconstructed evaluation script behind this rule's OVAL check(s) — every module a compound check combines, with this rule's own concrete values and DISA's SCC tool's real per-module mechanism curated from static teardown of SCC releases.
#!/bin/bash
# Reconstructed from oval:mil.disa.fso.hpux11:def:264
# The system syslog service must log informational and more severe SMTP service messages.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.
# syslog logging mail.debug, mail.info, or mail.*
# textfilecontent54_object (textfilecontent54_test)
test_1() {
grep -Pq '^[ ]*([A-Za-z0-9.;*]+;)*(mail|[*])\.(\*|crit)(;[A-Za-z0-9.;*]+)*[
]+-?/' '/etc/syslog.conf' &>/dev/null
}
if test_1; then
echo "PASS"
else
echo "FAIL"
fi Assessment Script Powered by AISandbox-executed
A standalone Shell script to assess this control automatically. Review before running it in your environment.
Syntax-checked and actually executed in an isolated sandbox (not the real system this checks) — confirmed to run without errors.
#!/bin/sh
# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.fso.hpux11:def:264
if grep -q "^[ \t]*([A-Za-z0-9.;*]+;)*(mail|[*])\\.(\\*|crit)(;[A-Za-z0-9.;*]+)*[ \t\n\r]+-/var/adm/messages" /etc/syslog.conf; then
echo "PASS"
exit 0
else
echo "FAIL"
exit 1
fi