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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Fedora

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Enable cron Service

    The <code>crond</code> service is used to execute commands at preconfigured times. It is required by almost all systems to perform necessary maintenance tasks, such as notifying root of system acti...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable At Service (atd)

    The <code>at</code> and <code>batch</code> commands can be used to schedule tasks that are meant to be executed only once. This allows delayed execution in a manner similar to cron, except that it ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable anacron Service

    The <code>cronie-anacron</code> package, which provides <code>anacron</code> functionality, is installed by default. The <code>cronie-anacron</code> package can be removed with the following comman...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Verify Group Who Owns cron.d

    To properly set the group owner of /etc/cron.d, run the command:
    $ sudo chgrp root /etc/cron.d
    Rule Medium Severity
  • LDAP

    LDAP is a popular directory service, that is, a standardized way of looking up information from a central database. Fedora includes software that enables a system to act as both an LDAP client and ...
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