If NFS is not required on AIX, the NFS daemon must be disabled.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-215352 | SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049 | AIX7-00-003046 | SV-215352r958478_rule | 2024-08-16 | 3 |
| Description |
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| The rcnfs entry starts the NFS daemons during system boot. NFS is a service with numerous historical vulnerabilities and should not be enabled unless there is no alternative. If NFS serving is required, then read-only exports are recommended and no filesystem or directory should be exported with root access. Unless otherwise required the NFS daemons (rcnfs) will be disabled. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| From the command prompt, execute the following command: # lsitab rcnfs If the command yields any output, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| In "/etc/inittab", remove the "rcnfs" entry by running the following command: # rmitab rcnfs To request the init command to re-examine the "/etc/inittab" file, enter: # telinit q |