GEN003830 - The rlogind service must not be running.

Information

The rlogind process provides a typically unencrypted, host-authenticated remote access service. SSH should be used in place of this service.

Solution

Remove or disable the rlogin configuration and restart xinetd.
# rm /etc/xinetd.d/rlogin ; service xinetd restart

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_RedHat_5_V1R18_STIG.zip

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA STIG for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 v1r18 Audit

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-17(2), CAT|II, CCE|CCE-3537-8, CCI|CCI-000068, Group-ID|V-22432, Rule-ID|SV-26671r1_rule, STIG-ID|GEN003830, Vuln-ID|V-22432

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: b8ba7c34254d7e5ba74d52044885260967862a35a560c668babf1191f732f90a