The system must not have the PCNFS service active.

From AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

Associated with IA controls: ECSC-1

Associated with: CCI-001436

SV-38716r1_rule The system must not have the PCNFS service active.

Vulnerability discussion

The PCNFS service predates Microsoft’s SMB specifications. If a similar service is needed to share files from a Windows based OS to a UNIX based OS, consider SAMBA.

Check content

Check the /etc/inetd.conf file for active PCNFS service. #grep pcnfsd /etc/inetd.conf | grep -v \# If the PCNFS service is enabled, this is a finding.

Fix text

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

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