If AIX system does not support either local or remote printing, the piobe service must be disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-215350	AIX7-00-003044	SV-215350r508663_rule		Medium

Description
The piobe daemon is the I/O back end for the printing process, handling the job scheduling and spooling. To prevent remote attacks this daemon should not be enabled unless there is no alternative.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-16548r294501_chk )
From the command prompt, execute the following command: # lsitab piobe If the command yields any output, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-16546r294502_fix)
In "/etc/inittab", remove the "piobe" entry by running the following command: # rmitab piobe To request the init command to re-examine the "/etc/inittab" file, enter: # telinit q