There must be no .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, or shosts.equiv files on the AIX system.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
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- ID
- SV-215432r991591_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Remove the ".rhosts", ".shosts", "hosts.equiv", and/or "shosts.equiv" files.