Quick NIX Secure Script is used to harden and secure basic permissions and ownership on the fly. This script can be used during boot up, cron, bootstrapping, kickstart, jumpstart and during other system deployments.
#!/bin/bash
#
# Copyright 2014, Timothy Marcinowski (marshyski@gmail.com), USA
# Web site: https://github.com/marshyski/quick-secure
#
# Quick NIX Secure Script comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free
# software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under the terms of the
# GNU General Public License. See LICENSE file for usage of this software.
#
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#
# Quick NIX Secure Script is meant to quickly secure UNIX/Linux systems
# GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3
#
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#
# Review script's comments "#" if you want to apply any other best practices
# to your system, uncomment. Want to better this or recommend fixes? Submit
# a pull request or email PoC above.
#
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#Check if script is running with root permissions
if [[ $UID != "0" ]]; then
echo "Sorry, must sudo or be root to run this."
exit
fi
#Display commented out items and variables for review
if [[ $1 = "-c" ]]; then
echo ""
echo "==VARIABLES OF QUICK NIX SECURE SCRIPT=="
cat $0 | grep ^[A-Z]
echo ""
echo "==COMMENTED OUT SECTION OF SCRIPT=="
grep ^#[Aa-Zz] $0
exit
fi
if [[ $1 = "-u" ]]; then
echo ""
cat $0 | sed 's/^[ \t]*//;s/[ \t]*$//' | grep '.' | grep -v ^#
exit
fi
#Set variables of script
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin"
PASS_EXP="60" #used to set password expire in days
PASS_WARN="14" #used to set password warning in days
PASS_CHANG="1" #used to set how often you can change password in days
SELINUX=`grep ^SELINUX= /etc/selinux/config 2>/dev/null | awk -F'=' '{ print $2 }'`
#Disclaimer
cat << 'DISC'
Quick NIX Secure Script Copyright (C) 2014 Timothy Marcinowski
# QUICK NIX SECURE SCRIPT HAS NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND #
# PLEASE REVIEW SCRIPT BEFORE SECURING YOUR SYSTEM(S) #
# PLEASE USE WITH CAUTION AND DILIGENCE!!! #
quick-secure -c | Review what's commented out in script
quick-secure -u | Review what's being applied to system
quick-secure -f | Force settings, never prompt question
# THIS WILL BREAK RHEL/CENTOS 6 GNOME GUI!!! #
DISC
#Verify admin wants to harden system
if [[ $1 != "-f" ]]; then
echo -n "Are you sure you want to quick secure `hostname` (y/N)? "
read ANSWER
if [[ $ANSWER != "y" ]]; then
echo ""
exit
fi
if [[ $ANSWER = "n" ]] || [[ $ANSWER = "" ]]; then
echo ""
exit
fi
echo ""
fi
#Set audit group variable
if [[ `grep -i ^audit /etc/group` != "" ]]; then
AUDIT=`grep -i ^audit /etc/group | awk -F":" '{ print $1 }' | head -n 1`
else
AUDIT="root"
fi
echo "Audit group is set to '$AUDIT'"
echo ""
#Turn off selinux before setting configurations
if [[ `getenforce 2>/dev/null` = "Enforcing" ]]; then
setenforce 0
fi
if [[ -f /etc/sysconfig/selinux ]]; then
sed -i 's/SELINUX=enforcing/SELINUX=disabled/' /etc/selinux/config
echo "SELINUX=disabled" > /etc/sysconfig/selinux
echo "SELINUXTYPE=targeted" >> /etc/sysconfig/selinux
chmod -f 0640 /etc/sysconfig/selinux
fi
#Setup /etc/motd and /etc/issues
echo "" > /etc/motd
echo "" > /etc/issue.net
#rm -f /etc/issue /etc/issue.net
#ln -s /etc/motd /etc/issue
#ln -s /etc/motd /etc/issue.net
chown -f root:root /etc/motd /etc/issue*
chmod -f 0444 /etc/motd /etc/issue*
#Cron setup
if [[ -f /etc/cron.allow ]]; then
if [[ `grep root /etc/cron.allow 2>/dev/null` != "root" ]]; then
echo "root" > /etc/cron.allow
rm -f /etc/at.deny
else
echo "root is already in /etc/cron.allow"
echo ""
fi
fi
if [[ -f /etc/cron.allow ]]; then
if [[ ! -f /etc/at.allow ]]; then
touch /etc/at.allow
fi
fi
if [[ `grep root /etc/at.allow 2>/dev/null` != "root" ]]; then
echo "root" > /etc/at.allow
rm -f /etc/at.deny
else
echo "root is already in /etc/at.allow"
echo ""
fi
if [[ `cat /etc/at.deny 2>/dev/null` = "" ]]; then
rm -f /etc/at.deny
fi
if [[ `cat /etc/cron.deny 2>/dev/null` = "" ]]; then
rm -f /etc/cron.deny
fi
chmod -f 0700 /etc/cron.monthly/*
chmod -f 0700 /etc/cron.weekly/*
chmod -f 0700 /etc/cron.daily/*
chmod -f 0700 /etc/cron.hourly/*
chmod -f 0700 /etc/cron.d/*
chmod -f 0400 /etc/cron.allow
chmod -f 0400 /etc/cron.deny
chmod -f 0400 /etc/crontab
chmod -f 0400 /etc/at.allow
chmod -f 0400 /etc/at.deny
chmod -f 0700 /etc/cron.daily
chmod -f 0700 /etc/cron.weekly
chmod -f 0700 /etc/cron.monthly
chmod -f 0700 /etc/cron.hourly
chmod -f 0700 /var/spool/cron
chmod -f 0600 /var/spool/cron/*
chmod -f 0700 /var/spool/at
chmod -f 0600 /var/spool/at/*
chmod -f 0400 /etc/anacrontab
#File permissions and ownerships
chmod -f 1777 /tmp
chown -f root:root /var/crash
chown -f root:root /var/cache/mod_proxy
chown -f root:root /var/lib/dav
chown -f root:root /usr/bin/lockfile
chown -f rpcuser:rpcuser /var/lib/nfs/statd
chown -f adm:adm /var/adm
chmod -f 0600 /var/crash
chown -f root:root /bin/mail
chmod -f 0700 /sbin/reboot
chmod -f 0700 /sbin/shutdown
chmod -f 0600 /etc/ssh/ssh*config
chown -f root:root /root
chmod -f 0700 /root
chmod -f 0500 /usr/bin/ypcat
chmod -f 0700 /usr/sbin/usernetctl
chmod -f 0700 /usr/bin/rlogin
chmod -f 0700 /usr/bin/rcp
chmod -f 0640 /etc/pam.d/system-auth*
chmod -f 0640 /etc/login.defs
chmod -f 0750 /etc/security
chmod -f 0600 /etc/audit/audit.rules
chown -f root:root /etc/audit/audit.rules
chmod -f 0600 /etc/audit/auditd.conf
chown -f root:root /etc/audit/auditd.conf
chmod -f 0600 /etc/auditd.conf
chmod -f 0744 /etc/rc.d/init.d/auditd
chown -f root /sbin/auditctl
chmod -f 0750 /sbin/auditctl
chown -f root /sbin/auditd
chmod -f 0750 /sbin/auditd
chmod -f 0750 /sbin/ausearch
chown -f root /sbin/ausearch
chown -f root /sbin/aureport
chmod -f 0750 /sbin/aureport
chown -f root /sbin/autrace
chmod -f 0750 /sbin/autrace
chown -f root /sbin/audispd
chmod -f 0750 /sbin/audispd
chmod -f 0444 /etc/bashrc
chmod -f 0444 /etc/csh.cshrc
chmod -f 0444 /etc/csh.login
chmod -f 0600 /etc/cups/client.conf
chmod -f 0600 /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
chown -f root:sys /etc/cups/client.conf
chown -f root:sys /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
chmod -f 0600 /etc/grub.conf
chown -f root:root /etc/grub.conf
chmod -f 0600 /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
chown -f root:root /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
chmod -f 0600 /boot/grub/grub.cfg
chown -f root:root /boot/grub/grub.cfg
chmod -f 0444 /etc/hosts
chown -f root:root /etc/hosts
chmod -f 0600 /etc/inittab
chown -f root:root /etc/inittab
chmod -f 0444 /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
chown -f root:bin /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
chmod -f 0600 /etc/ntp.conf
chmod -f 0640 /etc/security/access.conf
chmod -f 0600 /etc/security/console.perms
chmod -f 0600 /etc/security/console.perms.d/50-default.perms
chmod -f 0600 /etc/security/limits
chmod -f 0444 /etc/services
chmod -f 0444 /etc/shells
chmod -f 0644 /etc/skel/.*
chmod -f 0600 /etc/skel/.bashrc
chmod -f 0600 /etc/skel/.bash_profile
chmod -f 0600 /etc/skel/.bash_logout
chmod -f 0440 /etc/sudoers
chown -f root:root /etc/sudoers
chmod -f 0600 /etc/sysctl.conf
chown -f root:root /etc/sysctl.conf
chown -f root:root /etc/sysctl.d/*
chmod -f 0700 /etc/sysctl.d
chmod -f 0600 /etc/sysctl.d/*
chmod -f 0600 /etc/syslog.conf
chmod -f 0600 /var/yp/binding
chown -f root:$AUDIT /var/log
chown -Rf root:$AUDIT /var/log/*
chmod -Rf 0640 /var/log/*
chmod -Rf 0640 /var/log/audit/*
chmod -f 0755 /var/log
chmod -f 0750 /var/log/syslog /var/log/audit
chmod -f 0600 /var/log/lastlog*
chmod -f 0600 /var/log/cron*
chmod -f 0600 /var/log/btmp
chmod -f 0660 /var/log/wtmp
chmod -f 0444 /etc/profile
chmod -f 0700 /etc/rc.d/rc.local
chmod -f 0400 /etc/securetty
chmod -f 0700 /etc/rc.local
chmod -f 0750 /usr/bin/wall
chown -f root:tty /usr/bin/wall
chown -f root:users /mnt
chown -f root:users /media
chmod -f 0644 /etc/.login
chmod -f 0644 /etc/profile.d/*
chown -f root /etc/security/environ
chown -f root /etc/xinetd.d
chown -f root /etc/xinetd.d/*
chmod -f 0750 /etc/xinetd.d
chmod -f 0640 /etc/xinetd.d/*
chmod -f 0640 /etc/selinux/config
chmod -f 0750 /usr/bin/chfn
chmod -f 0750 /usr/bin/chsh
chmod -f 0750 /usr/bin/write
chmod -f 0750 /sbin/mount.nfs
chmod -f 0750 /sbin/mount.nfs4
chmod -f 0700 /usr/bin/ldd #0400 FOR SOME SYSTEMS
chmod -f 0700 /bin/traceroute
chown -f root:root /bin/traceroute
chmod -f 0700 /usr/bin/traceroute6*
chown -f root:root /usr/bin/traceroute6
chmod -f 0700 /bin/tcptraceroute
chmod -f 0700 /sbin/iptunnel
chmod -f 0700 /usr/bin/tracpath*
chmod -f 0644 /dev/audio
chown -f root:root /dev/audio
chmod -f 0644 /etc/environment
chown -f root:root /etc/environment
chmod -f 0600 /etc/modprobe.conf
chown -f root:root /etc/modprobe.conf
chown -f root:root /etc/modprobe.d
chown -f root:root /etc/modprobe.d/*
chmod -f 0700 /etc/modprobe.d
chmod -f 0600 /etc/modprobe.d/*
chmod -f o-w /selinux/*
#umask 077 /etc/*
chmod -f 0755 /etc
chmod -f 0644 /usr/share/man/man1/*
chmod -Rf 0644 /usr/share/man/man5
chmod -Rf 0644 /usr/share/man/man1
chmod -f 0600 /etc/yum.repos.d/*
chmod -f 0640 /etc/fstab
#ClamAV permissions and ownership
if [[ -d /usr/local/share/clamav ]]; then
passwd -l clamav 2>/dev/null
usermod -s /sbin/nologin clamav 2>/dev/null
chmod -f 0755 /usr/local/share/clamav
chown -f root:clamav /usr/local/share/clamav
chown -f root:clamav /usr/local/share/clamav/*.cvd
chmod -f 0664 /usr/local/share/clamav/*.cvd
mkdir -p /var/log/clamav
chown -f root:$AUDIT /var/log/clamav
chmod -f 0640 /var/log/clamav
fi
if [[ -d /var/clamav ]]; then
passwd -l clamav 2>/dev/null
usermod -s /sbin/nologin clamav 2>/dev/null
chmod -f 0755 /var/clamav
chown -f root:clamav /var/clamav
chown -f root:clamav /var/clamav/*.cvd
chmod -f 0664 /var/clamav/*.cvd
mkdir -p /var/log/clamav
chown -f root:$AUDIT /var/log/clamav
chmod -f 0640 /var/log/clamav
fi
#DISA STIG file ownsership
chmod -f 0755 /bin/csh
chmod -f 0755 /bin/jsh
chmod -f 0755 /bin/ksh
chmod -f 0755 /bin/rsh
chmod -f 0755 /bin/sh
chmod -f 0640 /dev/kmem
chown -f root:sys /dev/kmem
chmod -f 0640 /dev/mem
chown -f root:sys /dev/mem
chmod -f 0666 /dev/null
chown -f root:sys /dev/null
chmod -f 0755 /etc/csh
chmod -f 0755 /etc/jsh
chmod -f 0755 /etc/ksh
chmod -f 0755 /etc/rsh
chmod -f 0755 /etc/sh
chmod -f 0644 /etc/aliases
chown -f root:root /etc/aliases
chmod -f 0640 /etc/exports
chown -f root:root /etc/exports
chmod -f 0640 /etc/ftpusers
chown -f root:root /etc/ftpusers
chmod -f 0664 /etc/host.lpd
chmod -f 0440 /etc/inetd.conf
chown -f root:root /etc/inetd.conf
chmod -f 0644 /etc/mail/aliases
chown -f root:root /etc/mail/aliases
chmod -f 0644 /etc/passwd
chown -f root:root /etc/passwd
chmod -f 0400 /etc/shadow
chown -f root:root /etc/shadow
chmod -f 0600 /etc/uucp/L.cmds
chown -f uucp:uucp /etc/uucp/L.cmds
chmod -f 0600 /etc/uucp/L.sys
chown -f uucp:uucp /etc/uucp/L.sys
chmod -f 0600 /etc/uucp/Permissions
chown -f uucp:uucp /etc/uucp/Permissions
chmod -f 0600 /etc/uucp/remote.unknown
chown -f root:root /etc/uucp/remote.unknown
chmod -f 0600 /etc/uucp/remote.systems
chmod -f 0600 /etc/uccp/Systems
chown -f uucp:uucp /etc/uccp/Systems
chmod -f 0755 /sbin/csh
chmod -f 0755 /sbin/jsh
chmod -f 0755 /sbin/ksh
chmod -f 0755 /sbin/rsh
chmod -f 0755 /sbin/sh
chmod -f 0755 /usr/bin/csh
chmod -f 0755 /usr/bin/jsh
chmod -f 0755 /usr/bin/ksh
chmod -f 0755 /usr/bin/rsh
chmod -f 0755 /usr/bin/sh
chmod -f 1777 /var/mail
chmod -f 1777 /var/spool/uucppublic
#Set all files in ``.ssh`` to ``600``
chmod 700 ~/.ssh && chmod 600 ~/.ssh/*
#Disable ctrl-alt-delete RHEL 6+
if [[ -f /etc/init/control-alt-delete.conf ]]; then
if [[ `grep ^exec /etc/init/control-alt-delete.conf` != "" ]]; then
sed -i 's/^exec/#exec/g' /etc/init/control-alt-delete.conf
fi
fi
#Disable ctrl-alt-delete RHEL 5+
if [[ -f /etc/inittab ]]; then
if [[ `grep ^ca:: /etc/inittab` != "" ]]; then
sed -i 's/^ca::/#ca::/g' /etc/inittab
fi
fi
#Remove security related packages
if [[ -f /bin/rpm ]]; then
rpm -ev nc 2>/dev/null
rpm -ev vsftpd 2>/dev/null
rpm -ev nmap 2>/dev/null
rpm -ev telnet-server 2>/dev/null
rpm -ev rdate 2>/dev/null
rpm -ev tcpdump 2>/dev/null
rpm -ev vnc-server 2>/dev/null
rpm -ev tigervnc-server 2>/dev/null
rpm -ev wireshark 2>/dev/null
rpm -ev --allmatches --nodeps wireless-tools 2>/dev/null
fi
if [[ `which apt-get 2>/dev/null` != "" ]]; then
apt-get autoremove -y netcat-openbsd 2>/dev/null
apt-get autoremove -y vsftpd 2>/dev/null
apt-get autoremove -y nmap 2>/dev/null
apt-get autoremove -y telnetd 2>/dev/null
apt-get autoremove -y rdate 2>/dev/null
apt-get autoremove -y tcpdump 2>/dev/null
apt-get autoremove -y vnc4server 2>/dev/null
apt-get autoremove -y vino 2>/dev/null
apt-get autoremove -y wireshark 2>/dev/null
fi
#Account management and cleanup
if [[ `which userdel 2>/dev/null` != "" ]]; then
userdel -f games 2>/dev/null
userdel -f news 2>/dev/null
userdel -f gopher 2>/dev/null
userdel -f tcpdump 2>/dev/null
userdel -f shutdown 2>/dev/null
userdel -f halt 2>/dev/null
userdel -f sync 2>/dev/null
userdel -f ftp 2>/dev/null
userdel -f operator 2>/dev/null
userdel -f lp 2>/dev/null
userdel -f uucp 2>/dev/null
userdel -f irc 2>/dev/null
userdel -f gnats 2>/dev/null
userdel -f pcap 2>/dev/null
userdel -f netdump 2>/dev/null
fi
#GDM user RHEL 5 is unlocked out-of-the-box
passwd -l gdm 2>/dev/null
#Set password settings for all accounts in shadow
#sed -i 's/0:99999:7/'"$PASS_CHANG:$PASS_EXP:$PASS_WARN"'/' /etc/shadow
#Disable fingerprint in PAM and authconfig
if [[ `which authconfig 2>/dev/null` != "" ]]; then
authconfig --disablefingerprint --update
fi
#Start-up chkconfig levels set
if [[ -f /sbin/chkconfig ]]; then
/sbin/chkconfig --level 12345 auditd on 2>/dev/null
# /sbin/chkconfig yum-updatesd off 2>/dev/null
/sbin/chkconfig isdn off 2>/dev/null
/sbin/chkconfig bluetooth off 2>/dev/null
/sbin/chkconfig haldaemon off 2>/dev/null #NEEDED ON FOR RHEL6 GUI
fi
#Change mount point security to nodev, noexec, nosuid (only tested on RHEL)
#/boot
#sed -i "s/\( \/boot.*`grep " \/boot " /etc/fstab | awk '{print $4}'`\)/\1,nodev,noexec,nosuid/" /etc/fstab
#/dev/shm
#sed -i "s/\( \/dev\/shm.*`grep " \/dev\/shm " /etc/fstab | awk '{print $4}'`\)/\1,nodev,noexec,nosuid/" /etc/fstab
#/var
#sed -i "s/\( \/var\/log.*`grep " \/var " /etc/fstab | awk '{print $4}'`\)/\1,nodev,noexec,nosuid/" /etc/fstab
#/var/log
#sed -i "s/\( \/var\/log.*`grep " \/var\/log " /etc/fstab | awk '{print $4}'`\)/\1,nodev,noexec,nosuid/" /etc/fstab
#/tmp
#sed -i "s/\( \/tmp.*`grep " \/tmp " /etc/fstab | awk '{print $4}'`\)/\1,nodev,noexec,nosuid/" /etc/fstab
#/home
#sed -i "s/\( \/home.*`grep " \/home " /etc/fstab | awk '{print $4}'`\)/\1,nodev,nosuid/" /etc/fstab
#Misc settings and permissions
chmod -Rf o-w /usr/local/src/*
rm -f /etc/security/console.perms
#Remove rpmnew and rpmsave files
if [[ `which rpm 2>/dev/null` != "" ]]; then
find / -noleaf 2>/dev/null | grep -v '/net\|/proc' | grep '\.rpmsave'
find / -noleaf 2>/dev/null | grep -v '/net\|/proc' | grep '\.rpmnew'
fi
#Set background image permissions
if [[ -d /usr/share/backgrounds ]]; then
chmod -f 0444 /usr/share/backgrounds/default*
chmod -f 0444 /usr/share/backgrounds/images/default*
fi
if [[ $SELINUX = enforcing || $SELINUX = permissive ]]; then
setenforce 1
fi
#Permit ssh login from root
rootLogin='PermitRootLogin'
sshConfig='/etc/ssh/ssh_config'
if [[ -f ${sshConfig?} ]]; then
if grep -q ${rootLogin?} ${sshConfig?}; then
sed -i 's/.*PermitRootLogin.*/\tPermitRootLogin no/g' ${sshConfig?}
else
echo -e '\tPermitRootLogin no' >> ${sshConfig?}
fi
fi
echo ""
echo "WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!"
echo "CHANGE ROOT'S PASSWORD AFTER RUNNING QUICK NIX SECURE SCRIPT, JUST IN CASE."
echo "WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!"