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  3. GEN006235 - Samba must be configured to not allow guest access to shares.
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GEN006235 - Samba must be configured to not allow guest access to shares.

Information

Guest access to shares permits anonymous access and is not permitted.

Solution

Edit the smb.conf file and change the guest ok setting to no.
# vi /usr/lib/smb.conf

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_STIG_Library_2015_07.zip

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA AIX 5.3 STIG v1r2

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-6, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-39245r1_rule, STIG-ID|GEN006235, Vuln-ID|V-22501

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: a286971b9e837e45b5b245c501408cb1b9429955252cdb8be08a09c9b72fd635

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