STIGQter: STIG Summary: IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

All accounts on AIX system must have unique account names.

DISA Rule

SV-215175r508663_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-215175

Group Title

SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051

Rule Version

AIX7-00-001008

Severity

CAT I

CCI(s)

• CCI-000764 - The information system uniquely identifies and authenticates organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of organizational users).

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Edit user accounts to provide unique name for each account by editing the following files:
/etc/passwd
/etc/security/passwd
/etc/security/user
/etc/group

Check Contents

From the command prompt, run the following command to check that there are no duplicate account names:
# usrck -n ALL

If any duplicate account names are found, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-215175

Documentable

False

Rule Version

AIX7-00-001008

Severity Override Guidance

From the command prompt, run the following command to check that there are no duplicate account names:
# usrck -n ALL

If any duplicate account names are found, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4012

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