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The FTPS/FTP service on the system must be configured with the Department of Defense (DoD) login banner.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
RHEL-06-000348 RHEL-06-000348 RHEL-06-000348_rule Medium
Description
This setting will cause the system greeting banner to be used for FTP connections as well.
STIG Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2013-02-05

Details

Check Text ( C-RHEL-06-000348_chk )
To verify this configuration, run the following command:

grep "banner_file" /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

The output should show the value of "banner_file" is set to "/etc/issue", an example of which is shown below.

# grep "banner_file" /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
banner_file=/etc/issue


If it does not, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-RHEL-06-000348_fix)
Edit the vsftpd configuration file, which resides at "/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf" by default. Add or correct the following configuration options.

banner_file=/etc/issue