The system must require authentication upon booting into single-user and maintenance modes.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-756	GEN000020	SV-27039r1_rule	IAIA-1 IAIA-2	Medium

Description
If the system does not require a valid root password before it boots into single-user or maintenance mode, anyone who invokes single-user or maintenance mode is granted privileged access to all files on the system.

STIG	Date
AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE	2018-09-18

Details

Check Text ( C-27960r1_chk )
Ensure the root account for any bootable partitions has a password assigned in the /etc/security/passwd file.

Fix Text (F-24305r1_fix)
Assign a root account password for any bootable partition.