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AIX7-00-003042 - The AIX qdaemon must be disabled if local or remote printing is not required.
Information
The qdaemon program is the printing scheduling daemon that manages the submission of print jobs to the piobe service.To prevent remote attacks this daemon should not be enabled unless there is no alternative.
Solution
In "/etc/inittab", remove the "qdaemon" entry by running the following command:# rmitab qdaemon
To request the init command to re-examine the "/etc/inittab" file, enter:
# telinit q
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_IBM_AIX_7-x_V3R3_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA IBM AIX 7.x STIG v3r3
Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
References: 800-53|CM-7a., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-215348r958478_rule, STIG-ID|AIX7-00-003042, STIG-Legacy|SV-101419, STIG-Legacy|V-91321, Vuln-ID|V-215348
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: ddb0f779ee0dac489439cb10c9943e02ce20997b58c7f7a1d9b3784831769b1e