Description: While the system administrator can establish secure permissions for users .netrc files, the users can easily override these. Rationale: .netrcfiles may contain unencrypted passwords that may be used to attack other systems Remediation: Making global modifications to users files without alerting the user community can result in unexpected outages and unhappy users. Therefore, it is recommended that a monitoring policy be established to report user .netrc file permissions and determine the action to be taken in accordance with site policy. Notes: While the complete removal of .netrc files is recommended if any are required on the system secure permissions must be app

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Making global modifications to users files without alerting the user community can result in unexpected outages and unhappy users. Therefore, it is recommended that a monitoring policy be established to report user .netrc file permissions and determine the action to be taken in accordance with site policy.