If LDAP authentication is required, AIX must setup LDAP client to refresh user and group caches less than a day.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>If cached authentication information is out-of-date, the validity of the authentication information may be questionable.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-215205r958828_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Edit the "/etc/security/ldap/ldap.cfg" file to set the following two keywords to have value of "900":
usercachetimeout
groupcachetimeout
Restart LDAP client using command:
# /usr/sbin/restart-secldapclntd