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V-215370

CAT II (Medium)

The cmsd daemon must be disabled on AIX.

Rule ID

SV-215370r958478_rule

STIG

IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R2

CCIs

CCI-000381

Discussion

This is a calendar and appointment service for CDE. The cmsd service is utilized by CDE to provide calendar functionality. If CDE is not required, this service should be disabled to prevent attacks.

Check Content

From the command prompt, execute the following command: 
# grep "^#cmsd[[:blank:]]" /etc/inetd.conf

If there is any output from the command, this is a finding.

Fix Text

In "/etc/inetd.conf", comment out the "cmsd" entry by running command:
# chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'cmsd' -p 'sunrpc_udp'

Restart inetd:
# refresh -s inetd