STIGUI
V-269355CAT II — Medium severitySV-269355r1155253_rule

AlmaLinux OS 9 must not have the ypserv package installed.

Rule version ALMA-09-031150 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-25

Discussion

The NIS service provides an unencrypted authentication service, which does not provide for the confidentiality and integrity of user passwords or the remote session.

Removing the "ypserv" package decreases the risk of the accidental (or intentional) activation of NIS or NIS+ services.

Check

Verify the ypserv package is not installed with the following command:

$ dnf list --installed ypserv

Error: No matching Packages to list

If the "ypserv" package is installed, this is a finding.

Fix

Remove the ypserv package with the following command:

$ dnf remove ypserv

Identifiers

Group ID
V-269355
Group title
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
Rule ID
SV-269355r1155253_rule
Check ID
C-73386r1155251_chk
Fix ID
F-73287r1155252_fix