GEN000380-ESXI5-000043 - The GID assigned to a user must exist.

Information

If a user is assigned the GID of a group not existing on the system, and a group with that GID is subsequently created, the user may have unintended rights to that group.

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

Solution

From the vSphere Client/vCenter, click on the 'Local Users and Groups' tab, then select Groups. Highlight the user, right click the user and select Edit. Select/highlight/assign the user's correct primary GID. Click OK.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_ESXi5_Server_V2R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|III, CCI|CCI-000366, Group-ID|V-39274, Rule-ID|SV-250571r798712_rule, STIG-ID|GEN000380-ESXI5-000043, STIG-Legacy|SV-51090, STIG-Legacy|V-39274, Vuln-ID|V-250571

Plugin: VMware

Control ID: 41822e3e7109b5bba2c439fcb871773c19391bed4d3ca69a7e512ef5afae0b97