4.9.2 Ensure root user default shell is ksh

Information

Ensure that the shell for the root user is set to /usr/bin/ksh

Although the bash shell is available there are administrative processes that require the root user to be configured with the ksh shell as its default shell. If the root user is configured with a different default shell, these processes will not work as expected.

Solution

Execute the following command

chuser shell=/usr/bin/ksh root

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/10385

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b.

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: daefa6a270f90ab8a7257c3721386f80ddad05443efcbe3fc9ac4e212d916476