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Disabling Commands Hackers can Exploit
Our Security Audit department has asked us to disable the following commands because they are a security risk: finger, rlogin and rexec What is the cleanest way to disable these commands? I know I can hide them with a mv command or remove them with a rm command, but is there a better way... -
Password Restrictions
/etc/security/user allows password enforcement of length, how many alpha characters, how many non-alpha characters, etc. etc. But it does not allow you to specify how many special characters like !@#$%^&*() must be in the password and how many numeric 0-9 and mixed case. What I am wondering... -
Password Restrictions
Our security department has issued a mandate that all passwords must contain at least one numeric character, a special character and have both upper and lower case alpha characters. Can an authentication method script be used to enforce these password standards? I can't find an argument... -
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AIX installation problem
TCP/IP must be installed correctly for your IBM3153 DCE console to work. Check to make sure you specified the correct IP address during the customization and also make sure you don't have a LED 581 on the display. Good luck. -
Preventing Multiple AIX Logins
Anyone know how to prevent an AIX system from allowing multiple logins with the same userid at the same time? This is a requirement of our Audit department but I have been unable to find how to do it. Also, can it be done selectively for just certain userid's? My thanks if you've know the...
