The inetd.conf file on AIX must be owned by root.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-215269	AIX7-00-002077	SV-215269r755154_rule		Medium

Description
Failure to give ownership of sensitive files or utilities to system groups may provide unauthorized users with the potential to access sensitive information or change the system configuration which could weaken the system's security posture.

STIG	Date
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-06-06

Details

Check Text ( C-16467r755152_chk )
Check the ownership of "/etc/inetd.conf": # ls -al /etc/inetd.conf The above command should yield the following output: -rw-r----- root system 993 Mar 11 07:04 /etc/inetd.conf If the file is not owned by root, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-16465r755153_fix)
Change the ownership of "/etc/inetd.conf": # chown root /etc/inetd.conf