If AIX system does not support either local or remote printing, the piobe service must be disabled.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
The piobe daemon is the I/O back end for the printing process, handling the job scheduling and spooling. To prevent remote attacks this daemon should not be enabled unless there is no alternative.
- ID
- SV-215350r958478_rule
- Version
- AIX7-00-003044
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
In "/etc/inittab", remove the "piobe" entry by running the following command:
# rmitab piobe
To request the init command to re-examine the "/etc/inittab" file, enter:
# telinit q