Enable nails Service
An XCCDF Rule
Description
The nails service is used to run McAfee VirusScan Enterprise
for Linux and McAfee Host-based Security System (HBSS) services.
The nails service can be enabled with the following command:
$ sudo systemctl enable nails.service
Rationale
Virus scanning software can be used to detect if a system has been compromised by computer viruses, as well as to limit their spread to other systems.
- ID
- xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_service_nails_enabled
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - OS Build Blueprint
[customizations.services]
enabled = ["nails"]
Remediation - Ansible
- name: Enable service nails
block:
- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
Remediation - Puppet
include enable_nails
class enable_nails {
service {'nails':
enable => true,
ensure => 'running',
Remediation - Shell Script
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
SYSTEMCTL_EXEC='/usr/bin/systemctl'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" unmask 'nails.service'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" start 'nails.service'