The NIS/NIS+/yp command files must have mode 0755 or less permissive.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-791	GEN001360	SV-44954r1_rule		Medium

Description
NIS/NIS+/yp files are part of the system's identification and authentication processes and are critical to system security. Unauthorized modification of these files could compromise these processes and the system.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-42381r1_chk )
Perform the following to check NIS file premissions. # ls -la /var/yp/*; If the file's mode is more permissive than 0755, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-38379r1_fix)
Change the mode of NIS/NIS+/yp command files to 0755 or less permissive. Procedure (example): # chmod 0755