RHEL-06-000221 - The ypbind service must not be running - PROCESS

Information

Disabling the 'ypbind' service ensures the system is not acting as a client in a NIS or NIS+ domain.

Solution

The 'ypbind' service, which allows the system to act as a client in a NIS or NIS+ domain, should be disabled. The 'ypbind' service can be disabled with the following commands:

# chkconfig ypbind off
# service ypbind stop

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_RHEL_6_V2R2_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000382, Rule-ID|SV-217990r603264_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-06-000221, STIG-Legacy|SV-50405, STIG-Legacy|V-38604, Vuln-ID|V-217990

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: b789aae68bd6a7b05e935773e99d5d666d4727d372ee418f68d7429a95cc1f72