RHEL 9 file system automount function must be disabled unless required.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
An authentication process resists replay attacks if it is impractical to achieve a successful authentication by recording and replaying a previous authentication message. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000114-GPOS-00059, SRG-OS-000378-GPOS-00163, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
- ID
- SV-257849r1044928_rule
- Version
- RHEL-09-231040
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure RHEL 9 to disable the ability to automount devices.
The autofs service can be disabled with the following command:
$ sudo systemctl mask --now autofs.service