The inetd.conf file on AIX must be group owned by the "system" group.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-245564	AIX7-00-002092	SV-245564r755133_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-48843r755131_chk )
Check the group ownership of "/etc/inetd.conf": # ls -al /etc/inetd.conf The above command should yield the following output: -rw-r----- root system /etc/inetd.conf If the file is not group owned by system, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-48798r755132_fix)
Change the group ownership of "/etc/inetd.conf": # chgrp system /etc/inetd.conf