The .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, shosts.equiv, /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and/or /etc/group files must not contain a plus (+) without defining entries for NIS+ netgroups.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-11987	GEN001980	SV-34922r1_rule	ECCD-1 ECCD-2	Medium

Description
A plus (+) in system accounts files causes the system to lookup the specified entry using NIS. If the system is not using NIS, no such entries should exist.

STIG	Date
HP-UX 11.23 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2015-12-02

Details

Check Text ( C-37678r1_chk )

Check system configuration files for plus (+) entries. Procedure: # find / -name .rhosts # cat //.rhosts | grep -v "^#" | grep "\+" # find / -name .shosts # cat //.shosts | grep -v "^#" | grep "\+" # find / -name hosts.equiv # cat //hosts.equiv | grep -v "^#" | grep "\+" # find / -name shosts.equiv # cat //shosts.equiv | grep -v "^#" | grep "\+" # cat /etc/passwd | grep -v "^#" | grep "\+" # cat /etc/shadow | grep -v "^#" | grep "\+" # cat /etc/group | grep -v "^#" | grep "\+" If the .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, shosts.equiv, /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and/or /etc/group files contain a plus (+) and do not define entries for NIS+ netgroups, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-32918r1_fix)
Edit the .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, shosts.equiv, /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and/or /etc/group files and remove entries containing a plus (+).