All,

Most of the guidance for RHEL security has suggested setting the following in /etc/security/limits.conf:

        *    hard    core    0

I have generally set this to:

        *    -    core    0

Because this sets both the hard and soft limits on the system. Most SCAP scanners are looking for very specific values there.  I'm looking at modifying the checks to pass either 'hard' or '-' for the value.

I'd also to fix the maxlogins in the rule (max_concurrent_login_sessions) in /etc/security/limits.conf to look for the DOD default (10) and lower to satisfy the check. Security standards are there as a baseline, why 'fail' the setting for exceeding the baseline value?

Regards,

Frank Caviggia

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Frank Caviggia
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