3.1.2.14 rwhod

Information

This entry starts the rwhod daemon at system startup. This is the remote WHO service.

Rationale:

The rwhod daemon is the remote WHO service, which collects and broadcasts status information to peer servers on the same network. It is recommended that this daemon is disabled, unless it is required.

Solution

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

chrctcp -d rwhod

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: 175a0b596ae8f62b19894b72971dab9191f28fb6b9e1463a337a50c79010c4c5