Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Is there a document that tells the supported syntax/character to use when following the "hardening" reccommendations, and disabling/stopping/commenting out entries in /etc/inittab?
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Is the colon not working for you?

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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

I'm seeing other characters used on systems here, and I think I was told to use an '* ' before by AIX support on a 4.3.x box too. Since I am trying to create automation scripts for hardening all oslevels I want to find a specific document to follow. Even certification guides seem to leave this item out of the .pdfs I've viewed.
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

I've never heard of anything other than a colon being used in AIX. From http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/files/aixfiles/inittab.htm:

The colon character ( : ) is used as a delimiter
as well as a comment character. To comment out an
inittab entry, add : at the beginning of the entry.

I thought this was universal, but I did some Googling and you're quite right; other operating systems use other conventions. I believe you're safe with a colon in AIX, though.


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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Thanks for the reference. The # appears to be acceptable as well, (from the "Command:" section), in AIX.
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