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

From VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.x SLES Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000382

SV-99167r1_rule The NIS/NIS+/yp command files must have mode 0755 or less permissive.

Vulnerability discussion

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.

Check content

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

Change the mode of NIS/NIS+/yp command files to "0755" or less permissive: # chmod 0755

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