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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
System Settings
Account and Access Control
Protect Accounts by Restricting Password-Based Login
Verify Proper Storage and Existence of Password Hashes
Ensure there are no legacy + NIS entries in /etc/shadow
Ensure there are no legacy + NIS entries in /etc/shadow
An XCCDF Rule
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Ensure there are no legacy + NIS entries in /etc/shadow
Medium Severity
The
+
character in
/etc/shadow
file marks a place where entries from a network information service (NIS) should be directly inserted.