3.1.2.3 dhcpcd

Information

This entry starts the dhcpcd daemon on system startup. The dhcpcd deamon receives address and configuration information from the DHCP server.

Rationale:

The dhcpcd daemon is the DHCP client that receives address and configuration information from the DHCP server. This must be disabled if DHCP is not used to serve IP address to the local system.

Solution

In /etc/rc.tcpip, comment out the dhcpcd entry:

chrctcp -d dhcpcd

Default Value:

Commented out

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/4119

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6, 800-53|CM-7, CSCv7|9.2

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 67c2ec2ca547b63abe93a9d4ac78be7f747837626c45840d3d84475777566569