Rule ID
SV-281172r1166468_rule
Version
V1R1
To ensure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, interactive users must be identified and authenticated to prevent potential misuse and compromise of the system. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051, SRG-OS-000121-GPOS-00062
Verify RHEL 10 contains no duplicate UIDs for interactive users with the following command:
$ sudo awk -F ":" 'list[$3]++{print $1, $3}' /etc/passwd
If output is produced and the accounts listed are interactive user accounts, this is a finding.Configure RHEL 10 to not allow duplicate UIDs to exist for interactive users. Edit the file "/etc/passwd", and provide each interactive user account that has a duplicate UID with a unique UID.