Information about the package, scap-security-guide, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The scap-security-guide package is designed for, Security guidance and baselines in SCAP formats.
Package Name:
scap-security-guide
Summary:
Security guidance and baselines in SCAP formats
Description:
The scap-security-guide project provides a guide for configuration of the system from the final system's security point of view. The guidance is specified in the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) format and constitutes a catalog of practical hardening advice, linked to government requirements where applicable. The project bridges the gap between generalized policy requirements and specific implementation guidelines. The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 system administrator can use the oscap command-line tool from the openscap-scanner package to verify that the system conforms to provided guideline. Refer to scap-security-guide(8) manual page for further information.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.1.28
Release:
3.el6
Size:
1.1 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
Public Domain
Control the scap-security-guide package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install scap-security-guide
This command will install scap-security-guide on the server.
yum remove scap-security-guide
This command will un-install scap-security-guide on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove scap-security-guide, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove scap-security-guide
This command will un-install scap-security-guide on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove scap-security-guide when using the -y flag.
yum update scap-security-guide
This command will update scap-security-guide to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove scap-security-guide, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update scap-security-guide
This command will update scap-security-guide to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove scap-security-guide when using the -y flag.
yum info scap-security-guide
This command will show you core information about the scap-security-guide package.
yum deplist scap-security-guide
This command will show you the dependencies for scap-security-guide. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update scap-security-guide
This command will check if there is an update waiting on scap-security-guide. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.