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Emergency accounts must be locked after 35 days of inactivity.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-48085 SOL-11.1-040300 SV-60957r1_rule Medium
Description
Inactive accounts pose a threat to system security since the users are not logging in to notice failed login attempts or other anomalies.
STIG Date
Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide 2020-05-21

Details

Check Text ( C-50517r1_chk )
Determine whether the 35-day inactivity lock is configured properly.

# useradd -D | xargs -n 1 | grep inactive |\
awk -F= '{ print $2 }'

If the command returns a result other than 35, this is a finding.

The root role is required for the "logins" command.

For each configured user name and role name on the system, determine whether a 35-day inactivity period is configured. Replace [username] with an actual user name or role name.

# logins -axo -l [username] | awk -F: '{ print $13 }'


If these commands provide output other than 35, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-51693r1_fix)
The root role is required.

Perform the following to implement the recommended state:

# useradd -D -f 35

To set this policy on a user account, use the command(s):

# usermod -f 35 [username]

To set this policy on a role account, use the command(s):

# rolemod -f 35 [name]