Details

Samba supports use of SSH to secure the client server connection.

Solution

Perform the following to implement the recommended state:
# awk ‘/^AllowTcpForwarding/ { $2 = “yes” }
{ print }’ /etc/ssh/sshd_config > /etc/ssh/sshd_config.new
# /usr/bin/mv /etc/ssh/sshd_config.new /etc/ssh/sshd_config
# /usr/sbin/pkgchk -f -n -p /etc/ssh/sshd_config
# /usr/sbin/svcadm restart svc:/network/ssh

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/614

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

References

• 800-53|CM-6b.

Source

• Tenable.com/audits