Ensure no users have .netrc files

Méthode de vérification

Méthode d'audit: Revue manuelle

Cette recommandation ne peut pas être vérifiée automatiquement. Une analyse la liste avec ces instructions lorsque vous passez --include-manual.

Run the following script and verify no results are returned: #!/bin/bash grep -E -v '^(root|system-halt|sync|system-shutdown)' /etc/passwd | awk -F: '($7 != "'"$(which nologin)"'" && $7 != "/bin/false") { print $1 " " $6 }' | while read user dir; do if [ ! -d "$dir" ]; then echo "The home directory ($dir) of user $user does not exist." else if [ ! -h "$dir/.netrc" -a -f "$dir/.netrc" ]; then echo ".netrc file $dir/.netrc exists" fi fi done

Méthode de correction

Méthode de correction: Recommandation ou correctif d'infrastructure

Making global modifications to users' files without alerting the user community can result in unexpected outages and unhappy users. Therefore, it is recommended that a monitoring policy be established to report user .netrc files and determine the action to be taken in accordance with site policy.