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The system must not have the finger service active.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-51283 OSX8-00-01115 SV-65493r1_rule Medium
Description
The system must not have the finger service active.
STIG Date
Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG 2015-02-10

Details

Check Text ( C-53631r2_chk )
To check if the finger service has been disabled, run the following command:

sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "print com.apple.fingerd:Disabled" /var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd/overrides.plist

If the returned value isn't "true" or doesn't exist, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-56083r1_fix)
To ensure that the finger service is disabled, run the following command:

sudo defaults write /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd/overrides.plist "com.apple.fingerd" -dict Disabled -bool true