AlmaLinux OS 9 effective dconf policy must match the policy keyfiles.
Overview
Finding ID
Version
Rule ID
IA Controls
Severity
V-269274
ALMA-09-021910
SV-269274r1050156_rule
Medium
Description
Unlike text-based keyfiles, the binary database is impossible to check through most automated and all manual means; therefore, to evaluate dconf configuration, both have to be true at the same time—configuration files have to be compliant, and the database needs to be more recent than those keyfiles, which gives confidence that it reflects them.
Note: This requirement assumes the use of the AlmaLinux OS 9 default graphical user interface, the GNOME desktop environment. If the system does not have any graphical user interface installed, this requirement is Not Applicable.
Check the last modification time of the local databases, comparing it to the last modification time of the related keyfiles. The following command will check every dconf database and compare its modification time to the related system keyfiles:
$ function dconf_needs_update { for db in $(find /etc/dconf/db -maxdepth 1 -type f); do db_mtime=$(stat -c %Y "$db"); keyfile_mtime=$(stat -c %Y "$db".d/* | sort -n | tail -1); if [ -n "$db_mtime" ] && [ -n "$keyfile_mtime" ] && [ "$db_mtime" -lt "$keyfile_mtime" ]; then echo "$db needs update"; return 1; fi; done; }; dconf_needs_update
If the command has any output, then a dconf database needs to be updated, and this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-73206r1048199_fix)
Update the dconf databases by running the following command: