There must be no .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, or shosts.equiv files on the AIX system.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-215432	AIX7-00-003138	SV-215432r508663_rule		Medium

Description
Trust files are convenient, but when used in conjunction with the remote login services, they can allow unauthenticated access to a system.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-16630r294747_chk )
Check for the existence of the files using: # find / -name .rhosts # find / -name .shosts # find / -name hosts.equiv # find / -name shosts.equiv If ".rhosts", ".shosts", "hosts.equiv", or "shosts.equiv" are found, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-16628r294748_fix)
Remove the ".rhosts", ".shosts", "hosts.equiv", and/or "shosts.equiv" files.