There must be no .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, or shosts.equiv files on the system.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-11988	GEN002040	SV-45167r1_rule		High

Description
The .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, and shosts.equiv files are used to configure host-based authentication for individual users or the system. Host-based authentication is not sufficient for preventing unauthorized access to the system.

STIG	Date
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-09-19

Details

Check Text ( C-42511r1_chk )
Check for the existence of the files. # find / -name .rhosts # find / -name .shosts # find / -name hosts.equiv # find / -name shosts.equiv If .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, or shosts.equiv are found and their use has not been documented and approved by the IAO, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-38564r1_fix)
Remove all the r-commands access control files. Procedure: # find / -name .rhosts -exec rm {} \; # find / -name .shosts -exec rm {} \; # find / -name hosts.equiv -exec rm {} \; # find / -name shosts.equiv -exec rm {} \;