On Wednesday 21 January 2009 18:27:17 Jones, David H wrote:
> I'm having an issue with Nessus locking out root accounts on AIX servers. 

IMHO, the configuration of these servers is broken. Autolock on root is a 
vulnerability in itself, as it exposes you to a very simple denial of 
service.

> My config seems like this shouldn't be happening:  Safe Checks are enabled.
>  The following plugin families are disabled: "Default Unix Accounts" -
> "Gain a shell remotely" - "Gain root remotely".

Did you enable Hydra or Medusa tests?
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