Samba must be configured to use encrypted passwords.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22500	GEN006230	SV-40296r2_rule	IAIA-1 IAIA-2	Medium

Description
Samba must be configured to protect authenticators. If Samba passwords are not encrypted for storage, plain-text user passwords may be read by those with access to the Samba password file.

STIG	Date
SOLARIS 10 X86 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE	2015-06-12

Details

Check Text ( C-39148r3_chk )
Check the encryption setting of the Samba configuration. Procedure: # grep -i 'encrypt passwords' /etc/smb.conf /etc/sfw/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/sfw/samba/smb.conf If the setting is not present, or not set to yes, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-34293r2_fix)
Edit the smb.conf file and change the encrypt passwords setting to yes.