AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

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Version

V1 · R14

CurrentPublished Fri Oct 26 2018

The root account must be the only account having an UID of 0.

AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The root account must be the only account having an UID of 0.

Description

Discussion Text

If an account has an UID of 0, it has root authority. Multiple accounts with an UID of 0 afford more opportunity for potential intruders to guess a password for a privileged account.

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Objective

V-773

Rule

SV-773r2_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN000880

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Check the system for duplicate UID 0 assignments by listing all accounts assigned UID 0.

Procedure:
# grep ":0:" /etc/passwd | awk -F":" '{print$1":"$3":"}' | grep ":0:"

If any accounts other than root are assigned UID 0, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Remove or change the UID of accounts other than root that have UID 0.

STIG check 390 of 506 in the AIX 6.1 STIG checklist

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