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V-215350

CAT II (Medium)

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

Rule ID

SV-215350r958478_rule

STIG

IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R2

CCIs

CCI-000381

Discussion

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.

Check Content

From the command prompt, execute the following command:
# lsitab piobe

If the command yields any output, this is a finding.

Fix Text

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