Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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V-91401 | AIX7-00-003080 | SV-101499r1_rule | Medium |
Description |
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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. |
STIG | Date |
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IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2020-02-24 |
Check Text ( C-90555r1_chk ) |
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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 Text (F-97599r1_fix) |
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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 |