Title

The regular users default primary group must be staff (or equivalent) on AIX. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

The /usr/lib/security/mkuser.default file contains the default primary groups for regular and admin users. Setting a system group as the regular users' primary group increases the risk that the regular users can access privileged resources.

Check Content

Check the default primary group for regular users: # lssec -f /etc/security/mkuser.default -s user -a pgrp The above command should yield the following output: user pgrp=staff If the above command shows that the primary group (pgrp) is not "staff", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Set the default primary groups for regular to be "staff". # chsec -f /etc/security/mkuser.default -s user -a pgrp=staff

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-215182r958362_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-215182

Group Title: SRG-OS-000001-GPOS-00001

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