Disable IBM Systems Director Agent

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1. Stop and permanently disable the common agent: /opt/ibm/director/agent/runtime/agent/bin/endpoint.sh stop /opt/ibm/director/agent/runtime/nonstop/bin/installnonstop.sh -uninstallservice 2. Stop the platform agent: stopsrc -s platform_agent Comment out the following line in /etc/inittab file: platform_agent:2:once:/usr/bin/startsrc -s platform_agent >/dev/null 2>&1 3. Stop and permanently disable the cimserver if there are no other applications depending on the cimserver: Stop cimserver stopsrc -s cimsys … Read more

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Setting up a FTPS

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The steps below detail installing proftpd on an UNIX host. Once installed, the daemon is configured with SSL (to encrypt the ftp session) and additionally setup with a chroot jail ability. This can lock users into a specified directory. The steps herein will detail ‘compiling’ the program from source, and additionally will provide the binaries … Read more

Updating openssl and openssh

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Due to an exploitable bug within openssl, it is imperative that the AIX systems be brought up to date to reduce any risk of exposure or loss of service. Detailed below are the steps to bring openssh and openssl up-to-date. Security advisory == http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssl_advisory.asc Update files Be sure to download the files from IBM’s AIX … Read more

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