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The AIX global initialization files must contain the mesg -n or mesg n commands.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Command "mesg -n" allows only the root user the permission to send messages to your workstation to avoid having others clutter your display with incoming messages.

ID
SV-215342r991589_rule
Version
AIX7-00-003036
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Edit the global initialization files that do not contain "mesg n" command and add the following line to the initialization files:
mesg n