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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Install dnf-automatic Package

    The dnf-automatic package can be installed with the following command:
    $ sudo dnf install dnf-automatic
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure dnf Removes Previous Package Versions

    <code>dnf</code> should be configured to remove previous software components after new versions have been installed. To configure <code>dnf</code> ...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Configure dnf-automatic to Install Available Updates Automatically

    To ensure that the packages comprising the available updates will be automatically installed by <code>dnf-automatic</code>, set <code>apply_updates...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • retry

    Number of retry attempts before erroring out
    Value
  • Ensure gpgcheck Enabled In Main dnf Configuration

    The <code>gpgcheck</code> option controls whether RPM packages' signatures are always checked prior to installation. To configure dnf to check pack...
    Rule High Severity

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