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The system must not have any unnecessary accounts.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-216460 SOL-11.1-090040 SV-216460r603267_rule Low
Description
Accounts providing no operational purpose provide additional opportunities for system compromise. Unnecessary accounts include user accounts for individuals not requiring access to the system and application accounts for applications not installed on the system.
STIG Date
Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide 2021-11-23

Details

Check Text ( C-17696r371468_chk )
Check the system for unnecessary user accounts.

# getent passwd

Some examples of unnecessary accounts include games, news, gopher, ftp, and lp. If any unnecessary accounts are found, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-17694r371469_fix)
The root role is required.

Remove all unnecessary accounts, such as games, from the /etc/passwd file before connecting a system to the network. Other accounts, such as news and gopher, associated with a service not in use should also be removed.

Identify unnecessary accounts.

# getent passwd

Remove unnecessary accounts.

# userdel [username]