SOL-11.1-070220 - The root account must be the only account with GID of 0.

Information

All accounts with a GID of 0 have root group privileges and must be limited to the group account only.

Solution

The root role is required.

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_11_x86_V3R6_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-216201r959010_rule, STIG-ID|SOL-11.1-070220, STIG-Legacy|SV-60907, STIG-Legacy|V-48035, Vuln-ID|V-216201

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: d99f23735f6cd0c58c82ae1e38ab7d7b5d330bd9ce91790cc936179bb67414b6