Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V3 · R7

CurrentPublished Wed Sep 30 2026

Duplicate User IDs (UIDs) must not exist for users within the organization.

Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

Duplicate User IDs (UIDs) must not exist for users within the organization.

Description

Discussion Text

Users within the organization must be assigned unique UIDs for accountability and to ensure appropriate access protections.

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Objective

V-216426

Rule

SV-216426r958482_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

SOL-11.1-070100

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

The root role is required.

Check that there are no duplicate UIDs.

# logins -d

If output is produced, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

The root role is required.

Determine if there exists any users who share a common UID, and work with those users to determine the best course of action in accordance with site policy.
Change user account names and UID or delete accounts, so each account has a unique name and UID.

STIG check 138 of 215 in the Solaris 11 SPARC STIG checklist

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