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XCCDF
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
The rusersd daemon must be disabled on AIX.
The rusersd daemon must be disabled on AIX.
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The rusersd daemon must be disabled on AIX.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>The rusersd service runs as root and provides a list of current users active on a system. An attacker may use this service to learn valid account names on the system. This is not an essential service and should be disabled.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>