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V-791

CAT II (Medium)

The NIS/NIS+/yp command files must have mode 0755 or less permissive.

Rule ID

SV-44954r1_rule

STIG

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R12

CCIs

CCI-000225

Discussion

NIS/NIS+/yp files are part of the system's identification and authentication processes and are critical to system security. Unauthorized modification of these files could compromise these processes and the system.

Check Content

Perform the following to check NIS file premissions.
# ls -la /var/yp/*;
If the file's mode is more permissive than 0755, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Change the mode of NIS/NIS+/yp command files to 0755 or less permissive.

Procedure (example):
# chmod 0755 <filename>