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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of OpenEmbedded
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SSH Server
Configure OpenSSH Server if Necessary
Enable PAM
Enable PAM
An XCCDF Rule
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Enable PAM
Medium Severity
UsePAM Enables the Pluggable Authentication Module interface. If set to “yes” this will enable PAM authentication using ChallengeResponseAuthentication and PasswordAuthentication in addition to PAM account and session module processing for all authentication types. To enable PAM authentication, add or correct the following line in
/etc/ssh/sshd_config
:
UsePAM yes