Rule ID
SV-258826r933539_rule
Version
V1R1
CCIs
CCI-000764
To ensure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be uniquely identified and authenticated to prevent potential misuse and provide for nonrepudiation.
At the command line, run the following command to verify there are no duplicate user IDs present:
# awk -F ":" 'list[$3]++{print $1, $3}' /etc/passwd
If any lines are returned, this is a finding.Navigate to and open: /etc/passwd Configure each user account that has a duplicate UID with a unique UID.