The AIX rsh daemon must be disabled.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
The rsh daemon permits username and passwords to be passed over the network in clear text.
- ID
- SV-215346r987796_rule
- Version
- AIX7-00-003040
- Severity
- High
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Edit the "/etc/inetd.conf" file and comment out the "rshd" service.
Restart the inetd service:
# refresh -s inetd