Hello Radzy,

> I'm trying to figure out how to go about investigating why "notapplicable"
> is returned.  Mostly, I'm working with a new directory for WR Linux.

Are you saying that all checks return "notapplicable" when you run a scan?
Or are you saying that you created a custom OVAL and the OVAL itself is
returning "notapplicable"?

Thanks,

Gabe

On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 12:15 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi folks
>
> I'm trying to figure out how to go about investigating why "notapplicable"
> is returned.  Mostly, I'm working with a new directory for WR Linux.
>
> However, I also see that for Fedora, there are four rules that are
> commented out with a comment:
>
>     The following rules currently returns 'notapplicable' on Fedora
> container
>     Investigate why, fix the issues, and re-enable back once fixed
>
> The specific rules that are commented out are:
>
>     accounts_password_all_shadowed
>     root_path_no_dot
>     mount_option_dev_shm_nodev
>     mount_option_dev_shm_nosuid
>
> When I tried to reproduce this, I find that accounts_password_all_shadowed
> passes on a vanilla Fedora 23 installation.  Maybe it's different on a
> container-based install than on an install on a plain old laptop.
>
> root_path_no_dot appears to be malformed, with various pieces missing.
>
> The other two don't show up in my output results at all.  Not sure why.
> They do appear to be present in the DS file, and I haven't yet found any
> reason to consider them malformed.
>
> But my general question is about the procedure to go about this
> investigation.  Is there a document that gives hints about the
> best way to do this ?  I've looked for one, but haven't found it.
> What I've done so far is largely manual, and it has been somewhat
> awkward getting the results.  (Mostly, I've tried to investigate
> WR Linux, but the Fedora issues seemed like a good thing to use
> for more experience.)
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Enjoy!
>
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