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Uninstall cyrus-imapd Package

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The cyrus-imapd package can be removed with the following command:

$ sudo yum erase cyrus-imapd

Rationale

If there is no need to make the cyrus-imapd software available, removing it provides a safeguard against its activation.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_package_cyrus-imapd_removed
Severity
Unknown
References
Updated



Remediation - Anaconda Pre-Install Instructions


package --remove=cyrus-imapd

Remediation - Ansible

- name: Ensure cyrus-imapd is removed
  package:
    name: cyrus-imapd
    state: absent
  tags:
  - CCE-88119-3

Remediation - Puppet

include remove_cyrus-imapd

class remove_cyrus-imapd {
  package { 'cyrus-imapd':
    ensure => 'purged',
  }

Remediation - Shell Script


# CAUTION: This remediation script will remove cyrus-imapd
#	   from the system, and may remove any packages
#	   that depend on cyrus-imapd. Execute this
#	   remediation AFTER testing on a non-production
#	   system!