The operating system must isolate security functions from nonsecurity functions.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
RHEL-06-000416-PNF	RHEL-06-000416-PNF	RHEL-06-000416-PNF_rule		Medium

Description
Operating system management functionality includes functions necessary to administer the operating, network components, workstations, or servers, and typically requires privileged user access. The separation of user functionality from information system management functionality is either physical or logical and is accomplished by using different computers, different central processing units, different instances of the operating system, different network addresses, combinations of these methods, or other methods as appropriate.

Description

Operating system management functionality includes functions necessary to administer the operating, network components, workstations, or servers, and typically requires privileged user access. The separation of user functionality from information system management functionality is either physical or logical and is accomplished by using different computers, different central processing units, different instances of the operating system, different network addresses, combinations of these methods, or other methods as appropriate.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-02-05

Details

Check Text ( C-RHEL-06-000416-PNF_chk )
RHEL6 supports this requirement and cannot be configured to be out of compliance. This is a permanent not a finding.

Fix Text (F-RHEL-06-000416-PNF_fix)
This requirement is a permanent not a finding. No fix is required.