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A tarball can be downloaded which contains the following file, which is referred to in (and can be used to implement) an AIX V5.3 System Administration best practice.
/usr/local/README (set ownership & permissions to root.system & rw-r-r-):
A tarball can be downloaded which contains the following file, which is referred to in (and can be used to implement) an AIX V5.3 System Administration best practice.
/etc/motd (set ownership & permissions to bin.bin & r-rr-):
A tarball can be downloaded which contains the following file, which is referred to in (and can be used to implement) an AIX V5.3 System Administration best practice.
/tmp/motd.orig (Not to be installed. To be used only to confirm that /etc/motd is as expected in the process of replacing it.):
A tarball can be downloaded which contains the following file, which is referred to in (and can be used to implement) an AIX V5.3 System Administration best practice.
/.profile (set ownership & permissions to root.system & rwxr-----):
A tarball can be downloaded which contains the following file, which is referred to in (and can be used to implement) an AIX V5.3 System Administration best practice.
/.kshrc (set ownership & permissions to root.system & rwxr-----):
A tarball can be downloaded which contains the following file, which is referred to in (and can be used to implement) an AIX V5.3 System Administration best practice.
/usr/lib/security/mkuser.sys for Technology Levels below 7 (set ownership & permissions same as existing mkuser.sys.orig - root.security & rwxr-x---):
A tarball can be downloaded which contains the following file, which is referred to in (and can be used to implement) an AIX V5.3 System Administration best practice.
/tmp/mkuser.sys.orig for Technology Levels below 7 (Not to be installed. To be used only to confirm that /usr/lib/security/mkuser.sys is as expected in the process of replacing it.):
A tarball can be downloaded which contains the following file, which is referred to in (and can be used to implement) an AIX V5.3 System Administration best practice.
/usr/lib/security/mkuser.sys for Technology Levels 7 or above (set ownership & permissions same as existing mkuser.sys.orig - root.security & rwxr-x---):
A tarball can be downloaded which contains the following file, which is referred to in (and can be used to implement) an AIX V5.3 System Administration best practice.
/tmp/mkuser.sys.orig for Technology Level 7 or above (Not to be installed. To be used only to confirm that /usr/lib/security/mkuser.sys is as expected in the process of replacing it.):
A tarball can be downloaded which contains the following file, which is referred to in (and can be used to implement) an AIX V5.3 System Administration best practice.
/etc/security/.profile.ksh (set ownership & permissions same as /etc/security/.profile - root.security & rw-rw----):
A tarball can be downloaded which contains the following file, which is referred to in (and can be used to implement) an AIX V5.3 System Administration best practice.
/etc/security/.kshrc (set ownership & permissions same as /etc/security/.profile - root.security & rw-rw----):
A tarball can be downloaded which contains the following file, which is referred to in (and can be used to implement) an AIX V5.3 System Administration best practice.
/usr/local/bin/ptree (set ownership & permissions to bin.bin & r-xr-xr-x):
A tarball can be downloaded which contains the following file, which is referred to in (and can be used to implement) an AIX V5.3 System Administration best practice.
/usr/local/bin/stopcmd (set ownership & permissions to bin.bin & r-xr-xr-x):
Hi.
I am a certified AIX pSeries specialist. This material looks very good. Actually I need to check it out and implement it on a few installations.
I'll let you know about my progress.
Regards,
Alex