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AIX default system accounts (with the exception of root) must not be listed in the cron.allow file or must be included in the cron.deny file, if cron.allow does not exist.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

To centralize the management of privileged account crontabs, of the default system accounts, only root may have a crontab.

ID
SV-215192r991589_rule
Version
AIX7-00-001033
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Remove default system accounts (such as bin, sys, adm, or lpd) from the "cron.allow" file, or add those accounts to the "cron.deny" file.