The ttdbserver daemon must be disabled on AIX.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-215371 | SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049 | AIX7-00-003066 | SV-215371r958478_rule | 2026-02-06 | 3 |
Description
The ttdbserver service is the tool-talk database service for CDE. This service runs as root and should be disabled. Unless required the ttdbserver service will be disabled to prevent attacks.
ℹ️ Check
From the command prompt, execute the following command:
# grep "^#ttdbserver[[:blank:]]" /etc/inetd.conf
If there is any output from the command, this is a finding.
✔️ Fix
In "/etc/inetd.conf", comment out the "ttdbserver" entry by running command:
# chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'ttdbserver' -p 'sunrpc_tcp'
Restart inetd:
# refresh -s inetd