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GEN003840 - The rexec daemon must not be running.

Information

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

Solution

# svcadm disable rexec
# svcadm refresh inetd

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_SOL_10_x86_V2R4_STIG.zip

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA STIG Solaris 10 X86 v2r4

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7a., CAT|I, CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-227824r603266_rule, STIG-ID|GEN003840, STIG-Legacy|SV-27438, STIG-Legacy|V-4688, Vuln-ID|V-227824

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 21cce7a080c8bbcf3026799a53dc922510d96adc24d8afdc839fbf9b4fe1849a

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