The rquotad daemon must be disabled on AIX.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-215385 | SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049 | AIX7-00-003080 | SV-215385r958478_rule | 2026-02-06 | 3 |
Description
The rquotad service allows NFS clients to enforce disk quotas on file systems that are mounted on the local system. This service should be disabled if to prevent attacks.
ℹ️ Check
From the command prompt, execute the following command:
# grep "^rquotad[[:blank:]]" /etc/inetd.conf
If there is any output from the command, this is a finding.
✔️ Fix
In "/etc/inetd.conf", comment out the "rquotad" entry by running command:
# chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'rquotad' -p 'udp'
Restart inetd:
# refresh -s inetd