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The system must not use .forward files.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-51259 OSX8-00-01040 SV-65469r1_rule Medium
Description
The system must not use .forward files.
STIG Date
Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG 2015-02-10

Details

Check Text ( C-53607r1_chk )
To check if the system contains any ".forward" files, run the following command:

find / -name .forward -print

If anything is returned, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-56059r1_fix)
To remove any ".forward" files from the system, run the following command:

find / -name .forward -exec rm {} \;