Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V1 · R18

CurrentPublished Fri Apr 28 2017

Samba must be configured to use an authentication mechanism other than "share."

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

Samba must be configured to use an authentication mechanism other than "share."

Description

Discussion Text

Samba share authentication does not provide for individual user identification and must not be used.

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Objective

V-22499

Rule

SV-37891r1_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN006225

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Check the security mode of the Samba configuration.
# grep -i security /etc/samba/smb.conf 
If the security mode is "share", this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Edit the "/etc/samba/smb.conf" file and change the "security" setting to "user" or another valid setting other than "share".

STIG check 254 of 571 in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 STIG checklist

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