GEN000290-2 - The system must not have the unnecessary 'news' account.

Information

Accounts that provide no operational purpose provide additional opportunities for system compromise. Unnecessary accounts include user accounts for individuals not requiring access to the system and application accounts for applications not installed on the system.

Solution

Remove the 'news' account from the /etc/passwd file before connecting a system to the network.

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_RedHat_5_V1R18_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-2j., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000012, Group-ID|V-27275, Rule-ID|SV-34574r1_rule, STIG-ID|GEN000290-2, Vuln-ID|V-27275

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: c2d9be1da7df474609f97b0be3a0c4a5d78813b11d2e03decdad96ca55c6b621