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Check: GEN000290

HP-UX 11.31 STIG: GEN000290 (in versions v1 r19 through v1 r13)

Title

The system must not have unnecessary accounts. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

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.

Check Content

Check the system for unnecessary user accounts. Procedure: # more /etc/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

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

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-38426r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-4269

Group Title: GEN000290

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CCIs

CCIs tied to check.

Number	Definition
CCI-000012	The organization reviews information system accounts for compliance with account management requirements per organization-defined frequency.

Controls

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.

Number	Title
AC-2	Account Management