Title

The AIX rsh daemon must be disabled. (Cat I impact)

Discussion

The rsh daemon permits username and passwords to be passed over the network in clear text.

Check Content

From the command prompt, run the following command: # grep -v "^#" /etc/inetd.conf |grep rshd The above command may show the daemon is enabled like this: shell stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/sbin/rshd rshd If the above grep command returned a line that contains "rshd", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Edit the "/etc/inetd.conf" file and comment out the "rshd" service. Restart the inetd service: # refresh -s inetd

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-215346r987796_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-215346

Group Title: SRG-OS-000074-GPOS-00042

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