Ensure password fields are not empty

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Beschreibung

An account with an empty password field means that anybody may log in as that user without providing a password. All accounts must have passwords or be locked to prevent the account from being used by an unauthorized user.

So wird geprüft

Prüfmethode: Manuelle Prüfung

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Run the following command and verify that no output is returned: # awk -F: '($2 == "" ) { print $1 " does not have a password "}' /etc/shadow

So wird behoben

Behebungsmethode: Anleitung oder Infrastruktur-Patch

If any accounts in the /etc/shadow file do not have a password, run the following command to lock the account until it can be determined why it does not have a password: # passwd -l <username> Also, check to see if the account is logged in and investigate what it is being used for to determine if it needs to be forced off.

Eigenschaften

Betriebssysteme: Beliebig
Tags: authcontainer-optimized-oscos
Referenz: CIS Google Container-Optimized OS Benchmark v1.2.0 - 6.2.1 Ensure password fields are not empty