Details

Group passwords are typically shared and should not be used.

Solution

Edit /etc/gshadow and change the password field to an exclamation point (!) to lock the group password.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_RedHat_5_V1R18_STIG.zip

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

• 800-53|CM-6b.
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-000366
• Group-ID|V-22349
• Rule-ID|SV-37386r1_rule
• STIG-ID|GEN000000-LNX001476
• Vuln-ID|V-22349

Source

• Tenable.com/audits