The system must require authentication upon booting into single-user and maintenance modes.

From AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

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

Associated with: CCI-000213

SV-27039r1_rule The system must require authentication upon booting into single-user and maintenance modes.

Vulnerability discussion

If the system does not require a valid root password before it boots into single-user or maintenance mode, anyone who invokes single-user or maintenance mode is granted privileged access to all files on the system.

Check content

Ensure the root account for any bootable partitions has a password assigned in the /etc/security/passwd file.

Fix text

Assign a root account password for any bootable partition.

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