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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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Obsolete Services
Rlogin, Rsh, and Rexec
Remove User Host-Based Authentication Files
Remove User Host-Based Authentication Files
An XCCDF Rule
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Remove User Host-Based Authentication Files
High Severity
The
~/.shosts
(in each user's home directory) files list remote hosts and users that are trusted by the local system. To remove these files, run the following command to delete them from any location:
$ sudo find / -name '.shosts' -type f -delete