GEN000290-3 - The system must not have the unnecessary gopher account - gopher 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 'gopher' account from the /etc/passwd file before connecting a system to the network.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Oracle_Linux_5_V2R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|AC-2j., 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000012, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-218205r603259_rule, STIG-ID|GEN000290-3, STIG-Legacy|SV-63227, STIG-Legacy|V-27276, Vuln-ID|V-218205

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: a9011f2914c04af49743aef10256aa0f1118375cbe0f69e8a1b85cce9e7eeb0a