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GEN000000-LNX00320 - The system must not have special privilege accounts, such as shutdown and halt - /etc/shadow halt'
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If special privilege accounts are compromised, the accounts could provide privileges to execute malicious commands on a system.Solution
Remove any special privilege accounts, such as shutdown and halt, from the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files using the 'userdel' or 'system-config-users' commands.See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Oracle_Linux_5_V1R14_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA STIG for Oracle Linux 5 v1r14
Category: ACCESS CONTROL
References: 800-53|AC-3, CAT|I, CCI|CCI-000225, CCI|CCI-000764, Rule-ID|SV-62797r1_rule, STIG-ID|GEN000000-LNX00320, Vuln-ID|V-4268
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: 79b875f9fce35e7205eca980e44064ec8bf95a3befe4e3f017f3e55c309494fc