AIX must configure the ttys value for all interactive users.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-215186	AIX7-00-001025	SV-215186r538429_rule		Medium

Description
A user's "ttys" attribute controls from which device(s) the user can authenticate and log in. If the "ttys" attribute is not specified, all terminals can access the user account.

STIG	Date
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-05-17

Details

Check Text ( C-16384r569508_chk )
Verify that the default "ttys" value is set for all users: # lssec -f /etc/security/user -s default -a ttys default ttys=ALL If the value returned is not "ttys=ALL", this is a finding. From the command prompt, run the following command to check "ttys" attribute value for all accounts: # lsuser -a ttys ALL The above command should yield the following output: root ttys=ALL user1 ttys=ALL user2 ttys=ALL user3 ttys=ALL If any interactive user account does not have "ttys=ALL", this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-16384r569508_chk )

Verify that the default "ttys" value is set for all users:

# lssec -f /etc/security/user -s default -a ttys
default ttys=ALL

If the value returned is not "ttys=ALL", this is a finding.

From the command prompt, run the following command to check "ttys" attribute value for all accounts:
# lsuser -a ttys ALL

The above command should yield the following output:
root ttys=ALL
user1 ttys=ALL
user2 ttys=ALL
user3 ttys=ALL

If any interactive user account does not have "ttys=ALL", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-16382r569436_fix)
From the command prompt, run the following command to set "ttys=ALL" for the default stanza in "/etc/security/user": # chsec -f /etc/security/user -s default -a ttys=ALL Run the following command to recheck "ttys" values for all users: # lsuser -a ttys ALL For each interactive user who does not have "ttys=ALL", set the value of "ttys" to "ALL" by running the following command from command prompt: # chsec -f /etc/security/user -s [user_name] -a ttys=ALL

Fix Text (F-16382r569436_fix)

From the command prompt, run the following command to set "ttys=ALL" for the default stanza in "/etc/security/user":
# chsec -f /etc/security/user -s default -a ttys=ALL

Run the following command to recheck "ttys" values for all users:
# lsuser -a ttys ALL

For each interactive user who does not have "ttys=ALL", set the value of "ttys" to "ALL" by running the following command from command prompt:
# chsec -f /etc/security/user -s [user_name] -a ttys=ALL