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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
System Settings
Account and Access Control
Protect Accounts by Restricting Password-Based Login
Restrict Root Logins
Root Path Must Be Vendor Default
Root Path Must Be Vendor Default
An XCCDF Rule
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Root Path Must Be Vendor Default
Unknown Severity
Assuming root shell is bash, edit the following files:
~/.profile
~/.bashrc
Change any
PATH
variables to the vendor default for root and remove any empty
PATH
entries or references to relative paths.