tigexp - UNIX Security Checker Explanation Generator

tigexp msgid [msgid[msgid...]]

tigexp [-f|-F] [security_report]

Tigexp is used to generate explanations of the output from the Tiger security checking package. In the first form, tigexp will generate an explanation of each of the message ids listed. In the second form, the security report specified will be scanned and explanations generated. The -f option will generate one explanation for each unique message id in the security report, whereas the -F option will output the security report with explanations inserted after each entry in the report.

There are five different message levels produced by Tiger. Each of the message levels is the last letter of the message id. The levels are:

ALERT

A message of this level indicates that Tiger has detected a possible intrusion attempt or troublesome misconfiguration which can expose the whole system to attacks.

FAIL

Messages of this level indicate a violation of a generic security policy or a possible intrusion. Appropriate action should be taken to fix this security issue.

WARN

Messages of this level indicate a security issue which should be checked further and might indicate a probable vulnerability or exposure. Most Tiger messages appear in this category.

INFO

These includes information messages which are not necessarily a security violation but might be useful for the administrator. Note that the tigerrc configuration file through the Tiger_Show_INFO_Msgs option determines whether or not Tiger shows these items. The default behaviour is to not show them.

ERROR

These messages are errors in the execution of Tiger (or any of its scripts), this is probably due to a misconfiguration in the program, because of a problem in the installation or because a file needed for the test is missing. The script who outputs this error should be investigated further.

CONFIG

Messages with this level inform of stages in the configuration process of Tiger. They are not errors (otherwise ERROR would be used) but notices for the user running the program explaining, for example, which configuration might be used.

OPTIONS

$TIGERHOMEDIR/doc/explain.idx

tiger(8)

If the explanation index is out of date, it doesn't recognize it and generates junk.