aide_conf resource

Use the aide_conf Chef InSpec audit resource to test the rules established for the file integrity tool AIDE. Controlled by the aide.conf file typically at /etc/aide.conf.

Availability

Install

This resource is distributed with Chef InSpec and is automatically available for use.

Version

This resource first became available in v1.37.6 of InSpec.

Syntax

An aide_conf resource block can be used to determine if the selection lines contain one (or more) directories whose files should be added to the aide database:

describe aide_conf('path') do
  its('selection_lines') { should include '/sbin' }
end

where

• 'selection_lines' refers to all selection lines found in the aide.conf file
• ('path') is the non-default path to the aide.conf file (optional)
• should include 'value' is the value that is expected

Use the where clause to match a selection_line to one rule or a particular set of rules found in the aide.conf file:

describe aide_conf.where { selection_line == '/bin' } do
  its('rules.flatten') { should include 'r' }
end

describe aide_conf.where { selection_line == '/sbin' } do
  its('rules') { should include ['p', 'i', 'l', 'n', 'u', 'g', 'sha512'] }
end

Properties

rules

The rules property returns the list of rules set in the aide.conf file.

its('rules') { should include ['r', 'sha512'] }

all_have_rule

The all_have_rule property returns the all selected lines from aide.conf file e.g. ‘p’, ‘i’ etc.

aide_conf.all_have_rule('sha512')

selection_lines

The selection_lines property returns the list of lines from aide.conf file.

its('selection_lines') { should include '/sbin' }

Examples

The following examples show how to use this Chef InSpec audit resource.

Test if all selection lines contain the xattr rule

describe aide_conf.all_have_rule('xattr') do
  it { should eq true }
end

Test whether selection line for /bin contains a particular rule

describe aide_conf.where { selection_line == '/bin' } do
  its('rules.flatten') { should include 'r' }
end

Test whether the selection line for /sbin consists of a particular set of rules

describe aide_conf.where { selection_line == '/sbin' } do
  its('rules') { should include ['r', 'sha512'] }
end

The usage of all_have_rule will return whether or not all selection lines in audit.conf contain a particular rule:

describe aide_conf.all_have_rule('sha512') do
  it { should eq true }
end

Matchers

For a full list of available matchers, see our Universal Matchers page.