The rsh daemon must not be running.

From Oracle Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000068

SV-64011r1_rule The rsh daemon must not be running.

Vulnerability discussion

The rshd process provides a typically unencrypted, host-authenticated remote access service. SSH should be used in place of this service.

Check content

Check to see if rshd is configured to run on startup. Procedure: # grep disable /etc/xinetd.d/rsh If /etc/xinetd.d/rsh exists and rsh is found to be enabled, this is a finding.

Fix text

Edit /etc/xinetd.d/rsh and set "disable=yes".

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