RPC sched service

Risk Level: Low risk vulnerability  Low

Check or Attack Name: sched

Platforms: Unix
Description:

The sched service was detected as running.

Remedy:

Disable sched if it is not required.

To disable a Unix daemon started from inetd, follow these steps:

  1. Edit the /etc/inetd.conf (or equivalent) file.
  2. Locate the line that controls the daemon.
  3. Type a # at the beginning of the line to comment out the daemon.
  4. Restart inetd.

If the RPC daemon is started from the rc script, comment it out as appropriate for your operating system.

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