4.1.2.3 dhcpcd

Information

This entry starts the dhcpcd daemon on system startup. The dhcpcd deamon receives address and configuration information from the DHCP server.

Rationale:

The dhcpcd daemon is the DHCP client that receives address and configuration information from the DHCP server. This must be disabled if DHCP is not used to serve IP address to the local system.

Solution

On AIX 7.1 and earlier comment out the dhcpcd entry in /etc/rc.tcpip and ensure service is stopped:

chrctcp -d dhcpcd
stopsrc -s dhcpcd

On AIX 7.2 and later remove the software:

installp -u bos.net.tcp.dhcpd

Default Value:

Commented out

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/7851

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6, 800-53|CM-7, CSCv7|9.2

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: d778cbdc70cfc63edb29453bc785a7ff3348db642a0cb438901ce3cbd762be9c