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V-245565

CAT II (Medium)

The AIX /etc/inetd.conf file must have a mode of 0640 or less permissive.

Rule ID

SV-245565r991589_rule

STIG

IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R2

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

Failure to set proper permissions of sensitive files or utilities may provide unauthorized users with the potential to access sensitive information or change the system configuration which could weaken the system's security posture.

Check Content

Check the group ownership of "/etc/inetd.conf": 
# ls -al /etc/inetd.conf

The above command should yield the following output:
-rw-r----- root system /etc/inetd.conf

If the file has a mode more permissive than "0640", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Change the ownership of the file to root using command: 
# chmod 0640 /etc/inetd.conf