The AIX rlogind service must be disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-91301	AIX7-00-003041	SV-101399r1_rule		High

Description
The rlogin daemon permits username and passwords to be passed over the network in clear text.

STIG	Date
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-02-24

Details

Check Text ( C-90455r1_chk )
Determine if the "rlogind" service is running by running the following command: # grep -v "^#" /etc/inetd.conf |grep rlogin If the above grep command returned a line that contains "rlogin", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-97499r1_fix)
Disable the rlogind service by editing the "'etc/inetd.conf" file. # vi /etc/inetd.conf Comment out the "rlogind" service. Restart the inetd service: # refresh -s inetd