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SOL-11.1-070050 - There must be no user .rhosts files.

Information

Even though the .rhosts files are ineffective if support is disabled in /etc/pam.conf, they may have been brought over from other systems and could contain information useful to an attacker for those other systems.

Solution

The root role is required.

Remove any .rhosts files found.

# rm [file name]

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_SOL_11_x86_V3R6_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|I, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-216184r959010_rule, STIG-ID|SOL-11.1-070050, STIG-Legacy|SV-60991, STIG-Legacy|V-48119, Vuln-ID|V-216184

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 9e1317735f68f3ad6f9a4970dd92009507c22608534fae688da3cddd1234b350