NFS exported directory write permissions (UNIX)

Module: Network Integrity

This check reports the names of hosts that have write permissions to exported directories. Use the file list to exclude directories from the check. Specify full path names in the file list.

The following table lists the error message for the check.

Table: Error message for NFS exported directory write permissions

Message String ID and Category

Platform and Message Numeric ID

Message Title and Description

Additional Information

String ID: STKU_EXPWRCHK

Category: Change Notification

UNIX (6367)

Title: Write check for exported file systems

Description:The following exported file systems grant write permissions to the listed remote systems or netgroups. This is a security problem if any system on the remote systems list is a known security risk. This is also a security problem if any system on the list is an unknown system. You should carefully review the list of remote systems. Remove any system that should not be granted write permissions to these file systems.

Severity: yellow-1

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

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