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V-215206

CAT II (Medium)

The AIX /etc/passwd, /etc/security/passwd, and/or /etc/group files must not contain a plus (+) without defining entries for NIS+ netgroups or LDAP netgroups.

Rule ID

SV-215206r991589_rule

STIG

IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R2

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

A plus (+) in system accounts files causes the system to lookup the specified entry using NIS. If the system is not using NIS, no such entries should exist.

Check Content

Check system configuration files for plus (+) entries using the following commands:

# cat /etc/passwd | grep -v "^#" | grep "\+" 

# cat /etc/security/passwd | grep -v "^#" | grep "\+" 

# cat /etc/group | grep -v "^#" | grep "\+" 

If the "/etc/passwd", "/etc/security/passwd", and/or "/etc/group" files contain a plus (+) and do not define entries for NIS+ netgroups or LDAP netgroups, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Edit "/etc/passwd", "/etc/security/passwd", and/or "/etc/group" files and remove entries containing a plus (+).