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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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Ensure gpgcheck Enabled for Repository Metadata
Ensure gpgcheck Enabled for Repository Metadata
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Ensure gpgcheck Enabled for Repository Metadata
High Severity
Verify the operating system prevents the installation of patches, service packs, device drivers, or operating system components of local packages without verification of the repository metadata. Check that
yum
verifies the repository metadata prior to install with the following command. This should be configured by setting
repo_gpgcheck
to
1
in
/etc/yum.conf
.