The system must not have the rusersd service active.

From AIX 5.3 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with IA controls: ECSC-1

Associated with: CCI-001436

SV-38719r1_rule The system must not have the rusersd service active.

Vulnerability discussion

The rusersd daemon gives out a list of current uses on the system. The rusersd daemon is unnecessary and it increases the attack vector of the system by providing information on the current users of the system.

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Edit the /etc/inetd.conf file and comment out the rusersd service line. Restart the inetd service. # refresh -s inetd

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