The .rhosts file must not be supported in AIX PAM.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
.rhosts files are used to specify a list of hosts permitted remote access to a particular account without authenticating. The use of such a mechanism defeats strong identification and authentication requirements.
- ID
- SV-215433r991591_rule
- Version
- AIX7-00-003139
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Edit "/etc/pam.conf" and remove the reference(s) to the "rhosts_auth" module.