sticky bits, AIX and TMR/MNs

Our security team has done a "sweep" of our TMR and Gateways (all running
AIX) and identified numerous files with global rwx (777) permissions within
the Tivoli directory structure.  They want to activate the "sticky bit" on
all of these files - I'm apprehensive to say the least....  Sometimes files
are 777 because they need to be.  We're running TMF 4.1.1+, SWD 4.0+, INV
4.1+, DM 3.7+, ITM 5.1.2-FP2.

Has anyone else done something similar with their TMR and/or Gateways?  Any
known gotchas?

Jamie Carl
Enterprise Systems Management
Phone: 614-213-7512




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