Disable NIS Server Services

HighLevel 1Automatedsolaris

Description

The NIS server software is not installed by default and is only required on systems that are acting as an NIS server for the local site. Typically, there are only a small number of NIS servers on any given network. These services are disabled by default unless the system has been previously configured to act as a NIS server. Audit: `svcs -Ho state` must report disabled; a service that is not installed is compliant. If LDAP is not used, also confirm svc:/network/nis/domain is disabled.

How it is checked

Audit method: Shell command

shell

command -v svcs >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1; r=compliant; for f in svc:/network/nis/server; do st=$(svcs -Ho state "$f" 2>/dev/null); case "$st" in ''|disabled) ;; *) r="$f: $st";; esac; done; echo "$r"

Expected output: compliant

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

svcadm disable svc:/network/nis/server

Properties

Operating systems: Any
Tags: solarisservices
Reference: CIS Oracle Solaris 11.4 Benchmark v1.1.0 - 2.9 Disable NIS Server Services

Check this host

Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.

shell

tmaegis scan --target solaris