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The root account must be the only account with GID of 0.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-12033 GEN000000-SOL00440 SV-12534r2_rule IAIA-1 IAIA-2 High
Description
Accounts with a GID of 0 have root group privileges.
STIG Date
Solaris 9 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide 2013-11-04

Details

Check Text ( None )
None
Fix Text (F-11290r2_fix)
Change the default GID of non-root accounts to a valid GID other than 0.