The operating system must automatically terminate temporary accounts after an organization-defined time period for each type of account.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-OS-000002-ESXI5-PNF	SRG-OS-000002-ESXI5-PNF	SRG-OS-000002-ESXI5-PNF_rule		Medium

Description
When temporary and emergency accounts are created, there is a risk the temporary account may remain in place and active after the need for the account no longer exists. To address this, in the event temporary accounts are required, accounts designated as temporary in nature must be automatically terminated after an organization-defined time period. Such a process and capability greatly reduces the risk of accounts being misused, hijacked, or data compromised. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - There is only 1 local account on ESXi-v5 (root). All other accounts are Active Directory. The root account is locked out in Lockdown Mode (a requirement). There are no temporary accounts.

Description

When temporary and emergency accounts are created, there is a risk the temporary account may remain in place and active after the need for the account no longer exists. To address this, in the event temporary accounts are required, accounts designated as temporary in nature must be automatically terminated after an organization-defined time period. Such a process and capability greatly reduces the risk of accounts being misused, hijacked, or data compromised. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - There is only 1 local account on ESXi-v5 (root). All other accounts are Active Directory. The root account is locked out in Lockdown Mode (a requirement). There are no temporary accounts.

STIG	Date
VMware ESXi v5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-01-15

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-OS-000002-ESXI5-PNF_chk )
ESXi supports this requirement and cannot be configured to be out of compliance. This is a permanent not a finding.

Fix Text (F-SRG-OS-000002-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.