Samba must be configured to use an authentication mechanism other than share.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22499	GEN006225	SV-35109r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
Samba share authentication does not provide for individual user identification and must not be used.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-36705r1_chk )
Examine the smb.conf file for the share security setting.. # cat /etc/opt/samba/smb.conf | tr '\011' ' ' | tr -s ' ' | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//' | grep -v "^#" | grep -i "^security = share" If the share security setting is share, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-32081r1_fix)
Edit the /etc/smb.conf file and change the security setting to user or another valid setting other than share, for example: security = user