The rlogind service must not be installed.

From HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Part of GEN003835

Associated with IA controls: DCPP-1

Associated with: CCI-000305

SV-35131r1_rule The rlogind service must not be installed.

Vulnerability discussion

The rlogind process provides a typically unencrypted, host-authenticated remote access service. SSH should be used in place of this service.

Check content

Determine if the rlogind service is installed. # cat /etc/inetd.conf | tr '\011' ' ' | tr -s ' ' | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//' | grep -v "^#" | grep -c rlogind If rlogind is found to be installed, this is a finding.

Fix text

Edit /etc/inetd.conf and comment out the rlogind service: # vi /etc/inetd.conf Restart the inetd service via the following command: # inetd -c Disable the rlogind binary: chmod 000 /usr/lbin/rlogind Additionally, the binary name may also be changed: mv /usr/lbin/rlogind /usr/lbin/

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