We're working on securing the AIX environment. started with disabling unused services on AIX.
Below are the entries which are not commented on my test LPAR (even other LPARs).
I believe ntalk is used for conversation purpose (between users), can disable that. I'm going to disable caa_cfg, since we are not using any cluster software.
I would like to leave "xmquery" as it is, since its not going to impact security. Please correct me if am wrong ?
I've a question about below entries
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will it affect my server functionality in anyway If I disable these services ?
Hello all,
Newbie here.
I'm currently tasked with updating rsyslog.conf and auditd.conf on a large set of servers. I know the exact logging configurations that I want to enable. I have updated both files on on a server and hope to use the updated files as a template for the rest of the... (3 Replies)
Hi,
We've a requirement to disable the protocols SSLv3, SSL v2 and TLS 1.0.
And have TLS 1.2 enabled using AEAD (Authentication Encryption with Associated Data).
This is the only information i have,
I'm not sure how to proceed, was trying to find information using google.
Can you... (6 Replies)
Hi,
I am planning to disable SNMP in our AIX LPARs. wanted to see by disabling in a test LPAR.
before that, I would like to check disabling this SNMP will impact any of our application or database in anyway. what kind of other software depends on these SNMP daemons ?
Can you please let me... (9 Replies)
Hello everyone,
Can anyone help me please. I want to disable SSH direct access for an AIX user.
For example, if I have USER1 and USER2. I want to disactivate direct access for USER2. The user must enter his login (USER1) and his password and then he can do su - USER2 .
Thanks, (3 Replies)
Hi, I tried to do some research on this subject, but got nothing conclusive.
I have the following need:
I have different servers with AIX versions 3.2.5 through 4.3.2.
Some of them have two ASCI terminals connected.
I have a shell script that is executed by a user on the main console... (2 Replies)
Anyone have a perl script that can be run via a web browser to turn ftp or telnet on and off in etc/inetd.conf ? Believe it or not but I ride a motorcycle a lot in the summer and carry a laptop in my saddlebags to connect from almost anywhere via Verizon alongside the highway. However, have too... (0 Replies)
I'm trying to edit the inetd.conf but for some reason when I vi into it, it says "Read Only" even though I am root and the perms are 777?!? (2 Replies)
I need to put the following line in inetd.conf:
stats stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/local/bin/mrtgsysinfo mrtgsysinfo
but my version of linux don't seem to allow that, ie there is no inetd.conf. How do i set that up in linux (red hat enterprise 3). (15 Replies)
Hi!!,
I have been working on a HP UX box all these days.. For adding a user defined service, I used to put an entry for this service corresponing to a port number in /etc/services. These services were then defined in inetd.conf.
Now I have moved to Mandrake linux. I can find a file named... (2 Replies)
Hi there
I'm trying to set up swat on my linux box at home and when i read the man pages on it it says that i have to edit a file called inetd.conf but i did a search like
find / -name inetd.conf
but it only comes up with this.
/etc/linuxconf/archive/Home-Office/etc/inetd.conf
find:... (2 Replies)