IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Version

V3 · R4

CurrentPublished Wed Sep 30 2026

If SNMP is not required on AIX, the snmpmibd daemon must be disabled.

IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

If SNMP is not required on AIX, the snmpmibd daemon must be disabled.

Description

Discussion Text

The snmpmibd daemon is a dpi2 sub-agent which manages a number of MIB variables. If snmpd is not required, it is recommended that it is disabled.

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Objective

V-215365

Rule

SV-215365r958478_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

AIX7-00-003060

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

From the command prompt, execute the following command: 
# grep "^start[[:blank:]]/usr/sbin/snmpmibd" /etc/rc.tcpip

If there is any output from the command, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

In "/etc/rc.tcpip", comment out the "snmpmibd" entry by running command: 
# chrctcp -d snmpmibd

STIG check 191 of 282 in the IBM AIX 7.x STIG checklist

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