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  3. GEN000000-SOL00440 - The root account must be the only account with GID of 0.
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GEN000000-SOL00440 - The root account must be the only account with GID of 0.

Information

Accounts with a GID of 0 have root group privileges.

Solution

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

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_SOL_10_SPARC_V2R4_STIG.zip

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA STIG Solaris 10 SPARC v2r4

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|I, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-226422r603265_rule, STIG-ID|GEN000000-SOL00440, STIG-Legacy|SV-12534, STIG-Legacy|V-12033, Vuln-ID|V-226422

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: c9d62126131d1c1729030d1a96b00bd208861173b79f3adf153a0b40594bd888

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