Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Verify Group Ownership of Message of the Day Banner
To properly set the group owner of/etc/motd
, run the command:$ sudo chgrp root /etc/motd
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Verify ownership of Message of the Day Banner
To properly set the owner of/etc/motd
, run the command:$ sudo chown root /etc/motd
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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
Rule Medium Severity -
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
Rule Medium Severity
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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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