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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

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  • Verify Owner on cron.monthly

    To properly set the owner of /etc/cron.monthly, run the command: 
    $ sudo chown root /etc/cron.monthly
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Verify Owner on cron.weekly

    To properly set the owner of /etc/cron.weekly, run the command: 
    $ sudo chown root /etc/cron.weekly
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Verify Owner on crontab

    To properly set the owner of /etc/crontab, run the command: 
    $ sudo chown root /etc/crontab
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Verify Permissions on cron.d

    To properly set the permissions of /etc/cron.d, run the command: 
    $ sudo chmod 0700 /etc/cron.d
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Verify Permissions on cron.daily

    To properly set the permissions of /etc/cron.daily, run the command: 
    $ sudo chmod 0700 /etc/cron.daily
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Verify Permissions on cron.hourly

    To properly set the permissions of /etc/cron.hourly, run the command: 
    $ sudo chmod 0700 /etc/cron.hourly
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Verify Permissions on cron.monthly

    To properly set the permissions of /etc/cron.monthly, run the command: 
    $ sudo chmod 0700 /etc/cron.monthly
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Verify Permissions on cron.weekly

    To properly set the permissions of /etc/cron.weekly, run the command: 
    $ sudo chmod 0700 /etc/cron.weekly
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Verify Permissions on crontab

    To properly set the permissions of /etc/crontab, run the command: 
    $ sudo chmod 0600 /etc/crontab
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Control Mail Relaying

    Postfix's mail relay controls are implemented with the help of the smtpd recipient restrictions option, which controls the restrictions placed on t...
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  • Prevent Unrestricted Mail Relaying

    Modify the <pre>/etc/postfix/main.cf</pre> file to restrict client connections to the local network with the following command: <pre>$ sudo postcon...
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  • NFS and RPC

    The Network File System is a popular distributed filesystem for the Unix environment, and is very widely deployed. This section discusses the circ...
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  • Uninstall nfs-utils Package

    The nfs-utils package can be removed with the following command: 
    $ sudo dnf remove nfs-utils
    Rule Low Severity
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  • Disable All NFS Services if Possible

    If there is not a reason for the system to operate as either an NFS client or an NFS server, follow all instructions in this section to disable sub...
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  • Disable Services Used Only by NFS

    If NFS is not needed, disable the NFS client daemons nfslock, rpcgssd, and rpcidmapd. <br> <br> All of these daemons run with eleva...
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  • Disable rpcbind Service

    The rpcbind utility maps RPC services to the ports on which they listen. RPC processes notify rpcbind when they start, registering the ports they a...
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  • Configure NFS Clients

    The steps in this section are appropriate for systems which operate as NFS clients.
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  • Disable NFS Server Daemons

    There is no need to run the NFS server daemons <code>nfs</code> and <code>rpcsvcgssd</code> except on a small number of properly secured systems de...
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  • Disable Network File System (nfs)

    The Network File System (NFS) service allows remote hosts to mount and interact with shared filesystems on the local system. If the local system is...
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  • Mount Remote Filesystems with Restrictive Options

    Edit the file <code>/etc/fstab</code>. For each filesystem whose type (column 3) is <code>nfs</code> or <code>nfs4</code>, add the text <code>,node...
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