AIX Security Expert User Group System and Password definitions group

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AIX® Security Expert performs specific actions for user, group, and password definitions.

Table 1. AIX Security Expert User Group System and Password Definitions
Action button name Description Value set by AIX Security Expert Undo
Check group definitions Verifies the correctness of group definitions. Runs the following command to fix and report errors:
% grpck -y ALL
High Level Security
Yes
Medium Level Security
Yes
Low Level Security
Yes
AIX Standard Settings
No effect
 No
TCB update Uses the tcbck command to verify and update TCB. Runs the following command: 
% tcbck -y ALL
Note: If TCB is required on your system, this rule will fail if TCB is not enabled. The prerequisite rule (prereqtcb) will also fail with a warning.

Prerequisite: TCB must be selected when the system is installed.
High Level Security
Yes
Medium Level Security
Yes
Low Level Security
Yes
AIX Standard Settings
Yes
 No
Check file definitions Uses the sysck command to check and fix the file base of /etc/objrepos/inventory:
% sysck -i -f \
/etc/security/sysck.cfg.rte
High Level Security
Yes
Medium Level Security
Yes
Low Level Security
Yes
AIX Standard Settings
No effect
 No
Check password definitions Verifies the correctness of password definitions. Runs the following command to fix and report errors:
% pwdck -y ALL
High Level Security
Yes
Medium Level Security
Yes
Low Level Security
Yes
AIX Standard Settings
No effect
 No
Check user definitions Verifies correctness of user definitions. Runs the following command to fix and report errors:
% usrck -y ALL
High Level Security
Yes
Medium Level Security
Yes
Low Level Security
Yes
AIX Standard Settings
No effect
 No