GEN000290 - The system must not have unnecessary accounts.

Information

Accounts providing 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.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Remove all unnecessary accounts from the /etc/passwd file before connecting a system to the network. Other accounts that are associated with a service not in use should also be removed.

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-4269, Rule-ID|SV-38176r1_rule, STIG-ID|GEN000290, Vuln-ID|V-4269

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: fa9bc2de2f5163e774e3bbcc1c3f852839e143460a3d01bd8015f3afb6cb33aa