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V-215433

CAT II (Medium)

The .rhosts file must not be supported in AIX PAM.

Rule ID

SV-215433r991591_rule

STIG

IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R2

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

.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.

Check Content

Check the PAM configuration for "rhosts_auth" using command: 
# grep rhosts_auth /etc/pam.conf |grep -v \# 

If a "rhosts_auth" entry is found, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Edit "/etc/pam.conf" and remove the reference(s) to the "rhosts_auth" module.