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GEN000880 - The root account must be the only account having a UID of 0.
Information
If an account has a UID of 0, it has root authority. Multiple accounts with a UID of 0 afford more opportunity for potential intruders to guess a password for a privileged account.Solution
Remove or change the UID of accounts other than root that have UID 0.See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Oracle_Linux_5_V2R1_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA STIG for Oracle Linux 5 v2r1
Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-218244r603259_rule, STIG-ID|GEN000880, STIG-Legacy|SV-64341, STIG-Legacy|V-773, Vuln-ID|V-218244
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: 4e99fc7d27fb9cf37d817f6bc8e1dc8c064159b7da72c983f69ccb57775d3dbd