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V-216117

CAT II (Medium)

Direct root account login must not be permitted for SSH access.

Rule ID

SV-216117r959010_rule

STIG

Solaris 11 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R5

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

The system should not allow users to log in as the root user directly, as audited actions would be non-attributable to a specific user.

Check Content

Determine if root login is disabled for the SSH service.

# grep "^PermitRootLogin" /etc/ssh/sshd_config

If the output of this command is not:

PermitRootLogin no

this is a finding.

Fix Text

The root role is required.

Modify the sshd_config file

# pfedit /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Locate the line containing:

PermitRootLogin

Change it to:

PermitRootLogin no

Restart the SSH service.

# svcadm restart svc:/network/ssh