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V-215186CAT II — Medium severitySV-215186r958498_rule

AIX must configure the ttys value for all interactive users.

Rule version AIX7-00-001025 · STIG v3 · 2026-08-31

Discussion

A user's "ttys" attribute controls from which device(s) the user can authenticate and log in. If the "ttys" attribute is not specified, all terminals can access the user account.

Check

Verify that the default "ttys" value is set for all users:

# lssec -f /etc/security/user -s default -a ttys default ttys=ALL

If the value returned is not "ttys=ALL", this is a finding.

From the command prompt, run the following command to check "ttys" attribute value for all accounts: # lsuser -a ttys ALL

The above command should yield the following output: root ttys=ALL user1 ttys=ALL user2 ttys=ALL user3 ttys=ALL

If any interactive user account does not have "ttys=ALL", this is a finding.

Fix

From the command prompt, run the following command to set "ttys=ALL" for the default stanza in "/etc/security/user": # chsec -f /etc/security/user -s default -a ttys=ALL

Run the following command to recheck "ttys" values for all users: # lsuser -a ttys ALL

For each interactive user who does not have "ttys=ALL", set the value of "ttys" to "ALL" by running the following command from command prompt: # chsec -f /etc/security/user -s [user_name] -a ttys=ALL

Identifiers

Group ID
V-215186
Group title
SRG-OS-000114-GPOS-00059
Rule ID
SV-215186r958498_rule
Check ID
C-16384r569508_chk
Fix ID
F-16382r569436_fix