The macOS system must require individuals to be authenticated with an individual authenticator prior to using a group authenticator.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-252478	APPL-12-001100	SV-252478r858511_rule		Medium

Description
Administrator users must never log in directly as root. To assure individual accountability and prevent unauthorized access, logging in as root over a remote connection must be disabled. Administrators should only run commands as root after first authenticating with their individual user names and passwords.

STIG	Date
Apple macOS 12 (Monterey) Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-09-07

Details

Check Text ( C-55934r858510_chk )
If SSH is not being used, this is Not Applicable. To check if SSH has root logins enabled, run the following command: /usr/bin/grep -r ^PermitRootLogin /etc/ssh/sshd_config* If there is no result, or the result is set to "yes", this is a finding. If conflicting results are returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-55884r816247_fix)
To ensure that "PermitRootLogin" is disabled by sshd, run the following command: /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/sed -i.bak 's/^[\#]*PermitRootLogin.*/PermitRootLogin no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config