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Enable the LDAP Client For Use in Authconfig

An XCCDF Rule

Description

To determine if LDAP is being used for authentication, use the following command:

$ sudo grep -i useldapauth /etc/sysconfig/authconfig


If USELDAPAUTH=yes, then LDAP is being used. If not, set USELDAPAUTH to yes.

Rationale

Without cryptographic integrity protections, information can be altered by unauthorized users without detection. The ssl directive specifies whether to use TLS or not. If not specified it will default to no. It should be set to start_tls rather than doing LDAP over SSL.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_enable_ldap_client
Severity
Medium
References
Updated