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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Disable Red Hat Subscription Manager Daemon (rhsmcertd)

    The Red Hat Subscription Manager (rhsmcertd) periodically checks for changes in the entitlement certificates for a registered system and updates it...
    Rule Low Severity
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  • Verify Owner on cron.d

    To properly set the owner of /etc/cron.d, run the command: 
    $ sudo chown root /etc/cron.d
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Disable Cyrus SASL Authentication Daemon (saslauthd)

    The <code>saslauthd</code> service handles plaintext authentication requests on behalf of the SASL library. The service isolates all code requiring...
    Rule Low Severity
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  • Verify Owner on cron.daily

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

    To properly set the owner of /etc/cron.hourly, run the command: 
    $ sudo chown root /etc/cron.hourly
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Disable System Statistics Reset Service (sysstat)

    The <code>sysstat</code> service resets various I/O and CPU performance statistics to zero in order to begin counting from a fresh state at boot ti...
    Rule Low Severity
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  • Cron and At Daemons

    The cron and at services are used to allow commands to be executed at a later time. The cron service is required by almost all systems to perform n...
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  • Install the cron service

    The Cron service should be installed.
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • 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 mainte...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • 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 mainte...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • 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 exec...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Disable anacron Service

    The <code>cronie-anacron</code> package, which provides <code>anacron</code> functionality, is installed by default. The <code>cronie-anacron</cod...
    Rule Unknown Severity
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  • 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
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  • Verify Group Who Owns cron.daily

    To properly set the group owner of /etc/cron.daily, run the command: 
    $ sudo chgrp root /etc/cron.daily
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Verify Group Who Owns cron.hourly

    To properly set the group owner of /etc/cron.hourly, run the command: 
    $ sudo chgrp root /etc/cron.hourly
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Verify Group Who Owns cron.monthly

    To properly set the group owner of /etc/cron.monthly, run the command: 
    $ sudo chgrp root /etc/cron.monthly
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Verify Group Who Owns cron.weekly

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