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How to Disable rpc.quotad Service in CentOS/RHEL 6 and 7

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This post explains how to disable rpc.quotad service on CentOS/RHEL 6 or 7 machines. The protocol used by rpc.rquotad is an unsecured and obsolete protocol and should be disabled.

Note: This procedure can disrupt NFS clients relying on disk quotas. To avoid issues, schedule a maintenance outage and stop these NFS clients.

For CentOS/RHEL 6 or earlier

1. Edit the configuration file /etc/sysconfig/nfs to have an entry which reads RQUOTAD=”no”. For example:

# grep RQUOTAD /etc/sysconfig/nfs
# The below line disables the insecure, obsolete quota protocol used by RQUOTAD
RQUOTAD="no"

2. Restart the NFS service for the changes to come in effect.

# service nfs stop
# service nfs start

For CentOS/RHEL 7 or later

CentOS/RHEL 7 uses systemd to manage services. The mask operation prevents even root from starting the service:

1. Stop and disable the rpc-rquotad.service with systemctl command:

# systemctl stop rpc-rquotad.service
# systemctl disable rpc-rquotad.service

2. Mask the service to completely disable it from starting even with root user access.

# systemctl mask rpc-rquotad.service

3. Take a restart of the service to verify that the service does not start.

# systemctl restart rpc-rquotad.service
Failed to restart rpc-rquotad.service: Unit is masked.

If you verify the status again, it should be "masked"

# systemctl status rpc-rquotad.service
● rpc-rquotad.service
Loaded: masked (/dev/null; bad)
Active: inactive (dead
 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0625




Conclusion


rpc.rquotad is an unsecured and obsolete protocol and it should be disabled. This post outlines the steps to disable it in CentOS/RHEL system. In the case of CentOS/RHEL 7 and later, the service is also masked in order that no user including root can start it.





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