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1.177 SOL-11.1-070220

Information

The root account must be the only account with GID of 0.

GROUP ID: V-216438
RULE ID: SV-216438r959010

All accounts with a GID of 0 have root group privileges and must be limited to the group account only.

Solution

The root role is required.

Change the default GID of non-root accounts to a valid GID other than 0.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23765

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-216438r959010_rule, STIG-ID|SOL-11.1-070220, Vuln-ID|V-216438

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 3161e13fb37615f4582dac1b31ee5034b5151543119be939bdc1385f1477cf8c