Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Verify Group Ownership of System Login Banner
To properly set the group owner of/etc/issue
, run the command:$ sudo chgrp root /etc/issue
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Verify Group Ownership of System Login Banner for Remote Connections
To properly set the group owner of/etc/issue.net
, run the command:$ sudo chgrp root /etc/issue.net
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Verify ownership of System Login Banner
To properly set the owner of/etc/issue
, run the command:$ sudo chown root /etc/issue
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Verify ownership of System Login Banner for Remote Connections
To properly set the owner of/etc/issue.net
, run the command:$ sudo chown root /etc/issue.net
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Verify permissions on System Login Banner
To properly set the permissions of/etc/issue
, run the command:$ sudo chmod 0644 /etc/issue
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Verify permissions on System Login Banner for Remote Connections
To properly set the permissions of/etc/issue.net
, run the command:$ sudo chmod 0644 /etc/issue.net
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Implement a GUI Warning Banner
In the default graphical environment, users logging directly into the system are greeted with a login screen provided by the GNOME Display Manager ...Group -
Protect Accounts by Configuring PAM
PAM, or Pluggable Authentication Modules, is a system which implements modular authentication for Linux programs. PAM provides a flexible and confi...Group -
Password Hashing algorithm
Specify the system default encryption algorithm for encrypting passwords. Defines the value set as ENCRYPT_METHOD in /etc/login.defs.Value -
remember
The last n passwords for each user are saved in <code>/etc/security/opasswd</code> in order to force password change history and keep the user from...Value
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The content of the drawer really is up to you. It could have form fields, definition lists, text lists, labels, charts, progress bars, etc. Spacing recommendation is 24px margins. You can put tabs in here, and can also make the drawer scrollable.
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