The rsh service must be disabled.

From Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG

Associated with: CCI-001436

SV-65627r1_rule The rsh service must be disabled.

Vulnerability discussion

Some networking protocols may not meet security requirements to protect data and components. The organization can either make a determination as to the relative security of the networking protocol or base the security decision on the assessment of other entities. Based on that assessment some may be deemed to be nonsecure except for explicitly identified components in support of specific operational requirements.

Check content

The "rshd" service should be disabled. To check the status of the service, run the following command: sudo defaults read /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/shell Disabled If the result is not "1", this is a finding.

Fix text

To set the "rshd" service to disabled, run the following command: sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/shell Disabled 1

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