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.rhel11:def:203
# The cron.deny file must have mode 0600 or less permissive.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.
# Test mode of /etc/cron.deny is 600 or less permissive
# file_object (file_test)
test_1() {
( (stat -c '%A' '/etc/cron.deny' | awk '{print (substr($0,7,1)=="x" || substr($0,7,1)=="s")?"true":"false"}') | grep -qxF 'false' ) && ( (stat -c '%A' '/etc/cron.deny' | awk '{print (substr($0,8,1)=="r")?"true":"false"}') | grep -qxF 'false' ) && ( (stat -c '%A' '/etc/cron.deny' | awk '{print (substr($0,4,1)=="x" || substr($0,4,1)=="s")?"true":"false"}') | grep -qxF 'false' ) && ( (stat -c '%A' '/etc/cron.deny' | awk '{print (substr($0,7,1)=="s" || substr($0,7,1)=="S")?"true":"false"}') | grep -qxF 'false' ) && ( (stat -c '%A' '/etc/cron.deny' | awk '{print (substr($0,4,1)=="s" || substr($0,4,1)=="S")?"true":"false"}') | grep -qxF 'false' ) && ( (stat -c '%A' '/etc/cron.deny' | awk '{print (substr($0,10,1)=="x" || substr($0,10,1)=="t")?"true":"false"}') | grep -qxF 'false' ) && ( (stat -c '%A' '/etc/cron.deny' | awk '{print (substr($0,9,1)=="w")?"true":"false"}') | grep -qxF 'false' ) && ( (stat -c '%A' '/etc/cron.deny' | awk '{print (substr($0,5,1)=="r")?"true":"false"}') | grep -qxF 'false' ) && ( (stat -c '%A' '/etc/cron.deny' | awk '{print (substr($0,6,1)=="w")?"true":"false"}') | grep -qxF 'false' )
}
if test_1; then
echo "PASS"
else
echo "FAIL"
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#!/bin/sh
# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.fso.rhel11:def:203
if [ ! -f "/etc/cron.deny" ]; then echo "PASS"; exit 0; fi; stat -c "%a %A /etc/cron.deny" /etc/cron.deny | awk '{if ($1 <= 600 && $2 != "-rw-r--r--" && $2 != "-r--r--r--" && $2 != "-r--r--" && $2 != "-r---" && $2 != "-r--" && $2 != "-r--" && $2 != "-r--" && $2 != "-r--") {print "PASS"; exit 0;}}'; echo "FAIL"; exit 1