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AIX7-00-003041 - The AIX rlogind service must be disabled.

Information

The rlogin daemon permits username and passwords to be passed over the network in clear text.

Solution

Disable the rlogind service by editing the "'etc/inetd.conf" file.

# vi /etc/inetd.conf

Comment out the "rlogind" service.

Restart the inetd service:
# refresh -s inetd

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_IBM_AIX_7-x_V3R2_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-5(1)(c), CAT|I, CCI|CCI-000197, Rule-ID|SV-215347r987796_rule, STIG-ID|AIX7-00-003041, STIG-Legacy|SV-101399, STIG-Legacy|V-91301, Vuln-ID|V-215347

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 88ef8265c7c9a93f6bef2573fa88fa05994836eabd4aba13390db96f7cafd156