Samba must be configured to use encrypted passwords.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22500	GEN006230	SV-26831r1_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
UNIX SRG	2013-03-26

Details

Check Text ( C-27814r1_chk )
Check the encryption setting of the Samba configuration. # grep -i 'encrypt passwords' /etc/smb.conf If the setting is not present, or not set to yes, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-24074r1_fix)
Edit the /etc/smb.conf file and change the encrypt passwords setting to yes.