Rule version SOL-11.1-070050 · STIG v3 · 2026-08-19
Even though the .rhosts files are ineffective if support is disabled in /etc/pam.conf, they may have been brought over from other systems and could contain information useful to an attacker for those other systems.
The root role is required.
Check for the presence of .rhosts files.
# for dir in \ `logins -ox | awk -F: '($8 == "PS") { print $6 }'`; do find ${dir}/.rhosts -type f -ls 2>/dev/null done
If output is produced, this is a finding.
The root role is required.
Remove any .rhosts files found.
# rm [file name]