Ensure SETroubleshoot is not installed

Details

The SETroubleshoot service notifies desktop users of SELinux denials through a user-

friendly interface. The service provides important information around configuration errors,

unauthorized intrusions, and other potential errors.

Rationale:

The SETroubleshoot service is an unnecessary daemon to have running on a server,

especially if X Windows is disabled.

Solution

Uninstall setroubleshoot using the appropriate package manager or manual installation:

# yum remove setroubleshoot

# apt-get remove setroubleshoot

# zypper remove setroubleshoot

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Access Control.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

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Updated on July 16, 2022
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