Uninstall the nis package
Description
The support for Yellowpages should not be installed unless it is required.
Rationale
NIS is the historical SUN service for central account management, more and more replaced by LDAP.
NIS does not support efficiently security constraints, ACL, etc. and should not be used.
Shell script
The following script can be run on the host to remediate the issue.
#!/bin/bash
# CAUTION: This remediation script will remove nis
# from the system, and may remove any packages
# that depend on nis. Execute this
# remediation AFTER testing on a non-production
# system!
DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get remove -y "nis"
Ansible playbook
The following playbook can be run with Ansible to remediate the issue.
- name: Ensure nis is removed
package:
name: nis
state: absent
tags:
- disable_strategy
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- low_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- package_nis_removed
