STIGUI
V-215343CAT II — Medium severitySV-215343r1268251_rule

The AIX hosts.lpd file must not contain a + character.

Rule version AIX7-00-003037 · STIG v3 · 2026-08-31

Discussion

Having the '+' character in the hosts.lpd (or equivalent) file allows all hosts to use local system print resources.

Check

Look for the presence of a print service configuration file by running the following commands:

# find /etc -name hosts.lpd -print 
# find /etc -name Systems -print 
# find /etc -name printers.conf

If none of the files are found, this is not applicable.

Otherwise, examine the configuration file by running:

# more <print service file> | grep "+" @+hamlet +lear @+prospero

If any lines are found that contain only a "+" character, this is a finding.

Fix

Remove the "+" entries from the "hosts.lpd" (or equivalent) file.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-215343
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-215343r1268251_rule
Check ID
C-16541r294480_chk
Fix ID
F-16539r294481_fix