controls::secure permissions for default database file path
Overview
Puppet controls are Puppet defined types that ensure a certain security control is implemented. Puppet changes the system in order to make the system compliant.
Description of the control
The dftdbpath parameter contains the default file path used to create DB2 databases. It is recommended that the permissions for this directory be set to full access for DB2 administrators and read and execute access only for all other accounts. It is also recommended that this directory be owned by the DB2 Administrator.
Rationale
Restricting access to the directory used as the default file path through permissions will help ensure that the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the files there are protected.
Skipping
To deliberately skip this control (e.g. meaning don’t use Puppet to enforce this setting), we provide you with two ways:
1) Add db2_secured::controls::secure_permissions_for_default_database_file_path: skip to your hiera data. This will skip this control for ALL systems.
3) Add an entry with the content secure_permissions_for_default_database_file_path to the array value db2_secured::skip_list in your hiera data.
Benchmarks
This control is used in the following benchmarks:
- db10 CIS V1.1.0 - paragraph 3.1.5
- db11 CIS V1.0.0 - paragraph 3.1.2
Attributes
| Attribute Name | Short Description |
|---|---|
| title | The database identifier to apply the control to. |
title
The database identifier to apply the control to.
All controls need an database identifier to apply the control to. Here is a simple example:
db2_secured::controls::control_name { 'db2inst1/MYDB':}
In this example, the string dbinst1 is the instance, the string MYDB is the database to apply the control to.
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