Enable Saving the Browser History

An XCCDF Rule

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Description

Users can enable or disable the saving of browser history in Chromium. Browser history should be retained by setting SavingBrowserHistoryDisabled to false in the Chromium policy file.

Rationale

Best practice requires that browser history is retained.

ID: xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_chromium_enable_browser_history
Severity: Unknown
References: DTBC0039
Updated: about 1 year ago






if ! grep -q SavingBrowserHistoryDisabled /etc/chromium/policies/managed/chrome_stig_policy.json; then
   sed -i -e '/{/a \  "'SavingBrowserHistoryDisabled'": 'false',' /etc/chromium/policies/managed/chrome_stig_policy.json
else
   sed -i -e 's/\"'SavingBrowserHistoryDisabled'.*/\"'SavingBrowserHistoryDisabled'\": 'false',/g' /etc/chromium/policies/managed/chrome_stig_policy.json
fi

Enable Saving the Browser History

Description

Rationale

Remediation - Shell Script