Limiting root access in AIX

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May 11, 2018
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PROBLEM DESCRIPTION

Limiting remote root access in IBM AIX


RESOLUTION

Edit the /etc/security/user file to the following:
root:
...
rlogin = false
...

Regardless of which connection protocol is utilized (telnet, rlogin, CDE, etc), upon remote access, root user information is disabled.