The AIX global initialization files must contain the mesg -n or mesg n commands.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Command "mesg -n" allows only the root user the permission to send messages to your workstation to avoid having others clutter your display with incoming messages.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-215342r508663_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Edit the global initialization files that do not contain "mesg n" command and add the following line to the initialization files:
mesg n