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The postfix service must be enabled for mail delivery.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-38669 RHEL-06-000287 SV-50470r1_rule Low
Description
Local mail delivery is essential to some system maintenance and notification tasks.
STIG Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2017-04-28

Details

Check Text ( None )
None
Fix Text (F-43618r1_fix)
The Postfix mail transfer agent is used for local mail delivery within the system. The default configuration only listens for connections to the default SMTP port (port 25) on the loopback interface (127.0.0.1). It is recommended to leave this service enabled for local mail delivery. The "postfix" service can be enabled with the following command:

# chkconfig postfix on
# service postfix start