Solaris 11 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V3 · R7

CurrentPublished Wed Sep 30 2026

Direct root account login must not be permitted for SSH access.

Solaris 11 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

Direct root account login must not be permitted for SSH access.

Description

Discussion Text

The system should not allow users to log in as the root user directly, as audited actions would be non-attributable to a specific user.

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Objective

V-216117

Rule

SV-216117r959010_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

SOL-11.1-040360

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Determine if root login is disabled for the SSH service.

# grep "^PermitRootLogin" /etc/ssh/sshd_config

If the output of this command is not:

PermitRootLogin no

this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

The root role is required.

Modify the sshd_config file

# pfedit /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Locate the line containing:

PermitRootLogin

Change it to:

PermitRootLogin no

Restart the SSH service.

# svcadm restart svc:/network/ssh

STIG check 86 of 214 in the Solaris 11 X86 STIG checklist

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