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_x86_V2R4_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|I, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-227548r603266_rule, STIG-ID|GEN000000-SOL00440, STIG-Legacy|SV-12534, STIG-Legacy|V-12033, Vuln-ID|V-227548

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 411cc9312405bc4ceb36c91493e757d768cbd4930674bd5fddde73dceeac9e1b