The AIX qdaemon must be disabled if local or remote printing is not required.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-215348 | AIX7-00-003042 | SV-215348r958478_rule | CCI-000381 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| The qdaemon program is the printing scheduling daemon that manages the submission of print jobs to the piobe service. To prevent remote attacks this daemon should not be enabled unless there is no alternative. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-08-16 | |||
Related Frameworks
3 paths across 3 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
CM-7
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
NIST 800-1711 mapping
3.4.6
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000381
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
Details
Check Text (C-215348r958478_chk)
From the command prompt, execute the following command:
# lsitab qdaemon
If the command yields any output, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-16544r294496_fix)
In "/etc/inittab", remove the "qdaemon" entry by running the following command:
# rmitab qdaemon
To request the init command to re-examine the "/etc/inittab" file, enter:
# telinit q