ansible-hardening/doc/metadata/rhel7/RHEL-07-040261.rst
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---
id: RHEL-07-040261
status: implemented
tag: sshd
---
The STIG has a requirement that the ``sshd`` daemon is running and enabled at
boot time. The tasks in the security role ensure that these requirements are
met.
Some deployers may not have ``sshd`` enabled on highly specialized systems and
those deployers should opt out of this change by setting the following Ansible
variable:
.. code-block:: yaml
security_enable_sshd: no
.. note::
Setting ``security_enable_sshd`` to ``no`` causes the tasks to ignore the
state of the service entirely. A setting of ``no`` does not stop or alter
the ``sshd`` service.