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Make .shosts search/removal opt in

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This patch makes the search for .shosts/shosts.equiv files an opt in
operation.

Closes-Bug: 1665568
Change-Id: Ide0c69a4112981e75defeaa317609e6a5f930225
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Major Hayden 2017-03-07 12:14:14 -06:00
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defaults/main.yml
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@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ security_pam_faillock_unlock_time: 604800 # RHEL-07-010372
# Limit the number of concurrent connections per account.
#security_rhel7_concurrent_session_limit: 10 # RHEL-07-040010
# Remove .shosts and shosts.equiv files.
security_rhel7_remove_shosts_files: yes # RHEL-07-040330
security_rhel7_remove_shosts_files: no # RHEL-07-040330
## File permissions (file_perms)
# Reset file permissions and ownership for files installed via RPM packages.

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doc/metadata/rhel7/RHEL-07-040330.rst
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---
id: RHEL-07-040330
status: implemented
status: opt-in
tag: auth
---
The tasks in the security role examine the filesystem for any ``.shosts`` or
``shosts.equiv`` files. If they are found, they are deleted.
Deployers can opt out of this change by setting the following Ansible variable:
The search for these files will take a very long time on systems with slow
disks or systems with a large amount of files. Therefore, this task is skipped
by default.
Deployers can opt in for this change by setting the following Ansible variable:
.. code-block:: yaml
security_rhel7_remove_shosts_files: no
security_rhel7_remove_shosts_files: yes

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releasenotes/notes/shosts-file-search-opt-in-887f600a79eef07e.yaml Normal file
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---
security:
- |
The tasks that search for ``.shosts`` and ``shosts.equiv`` files
(STIG ID: RHEL-07-040330) are now skipped by default. The search takes a
long time to complete on systems with lots of files and it also causes a
significant amount of disk I/O while it runs.

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tests/test.yml
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security_require_grub_authentication: yes
security_set_home_directory_permissions_and_owners_recursively: no
security_reset_perm_ownership: yes
security_rhel7_remove_shosts_files: yes