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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-88517	VROM-SL-000520	SV-99167r1_rule		Medium

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

STIG	Date
VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.x SLES Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-10-11

Details

Check Text ( C-88209r1_chk )
Perform the following to check NIS file ownership: # ls -la /var/yp/* If the NIS file's mode is more permissive than "0755", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-95259r1_fix)
Change the mode of NIS/NIS+/yp command files to "0755" or less permissive: # chmod 0755