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APPL-15-002240 The macOS system must disable Printer Sharing.

DISA STIG library V1R8
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first version loaded CAT II

Maps to CM-7 via CCI-000381

Title

The macOS system must disable Printer Sharing.

Control

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable Printer Sharing with the following command: /usr/sbin/cupsctl | /usr/bin/grep -c "_share_printers=0" If the result is not "1", this is a finding.

Discussion

Printer Sharing must be disabled.

Related controls

CCI-000381

Fix

Configure the macOS system to disable Printer Sharing with the following commands: /usr/sbin/cupsctl --no-share-printers /usr/bin/lpstat -p | awk '{print $2}'| /usr/bin/xargs -I{} lpadmin -p {} -o printer-is-shared=false