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IBM z/OS UNIX HFS MapName file security parameters must be properly specified.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Removal of unneeded or non-secure functions, ports, protocols, and services mitigate the risk of unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or other exploitation of these resources.

ID
SV-224074r991589_rule
Version
TSS0-US-000010
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Review the settings in /etc/auto.master and /etc/mapname for z/OS UNIX security parameters and configure the values to conform to the specifications below.

The /etc/auto.master HFS file (and the use of Automount) is optional. 

The setuid parameter and the security parameter have a significant security impact. For this reason these parameters must be explicitly specified and not be allowed to default.