There must be no .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, or shosts.equiv files on the system.

From AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

Part of GEN002040

Associated with IA controls: ECCD-2, ECCD-1

Associated with: CCI-000366

SV-12489r2_rule There must be no .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, or shosts.equiv files on the system.

Vulnerability discussion

The .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, and shosts.equiv files are used to configure host-based authentication for individual users or the system. Host-based authentication is not sufficient for preventing unauthorized access to the system.

Check content

Check for the existence of the files. # find / -name .rhosts # find / -name .shosts # find / -name hosts.equiv # find / -name shosts.equiv If .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, or shosts.equiv are found, this is a finding.

Fix text

Remove the .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, and/or shosts.equiv files.

Pro Tips

Lavender hyperlinks in small type off to the right (of CSS class id, if you view the page source) point to globally unique URIs for each document and item. Copy the link location and paste anywhere you need to talk unambiguously about these things.

You can obtain data about documents and items in other formats. Simply provide an HTTP header Accept: text/turtle or Accept: application/rdf+xml.