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4.3.1.4 Ensure qdaemon service is not in use

Information

This is the printing scheduling daemon that manages the submission of print jobs to piobe.

qdaemon is a legacy daemon that has known vulnerabilities. This daemon should be disabled to reduce the attack surface of the system.

Solution

In /etc/inittab, remove the qdaemon entry:

rmitab qdaemon

Impact:

Disabling qdaemon will remove the system's ability to support local and remote printing.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/22751

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6, 800-53|CM-7, CSCv7|9.2

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 61eb6383ad53ac8d918259154a64ff833be4cc859a36551b5216badb5dd5e1b9