Ensure an Inventory of user accounts is established and maintained

LowLevel 1Manual reviewaix

Description

AIX defines Administrator accounts with the with the attribute admin. When true the account is Administrator and when false the account is considered User. An inventory of accounts with the attribute "admin=true" allows verification that all accounts considered administrative are so labeled by the system.

How it is checked

Audit method: Manual review

This recommendation cannot be checked automatically. A scan lists it with these instructions when you pass --include-manual.

Verify that there is, off system, an inventory of User (not Administrative) accounts and that the date is not more 13 weeks old.

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

A printable report can be prepared using the following example: cnt=0 printf "%4s%68s\n" "AIX" "User Accounts" lsuser -R files -a admin ALL | while read usr adm; do if [[ ${adm} = "admin=false" ]] ; then printf "%12s" ${usr} let cnt=cnt+1 [[ $(expr ${cnt} % 6) == 0 ]] && print fi done [[ $(expr ${cnt} % 6) != 0 ]] && print

Properties

Operating systems: Any
Tags: aixaccounts
Reference: CIS IBM AIX 7 Benchmark v1.2.0 - 5.1.5 Ensure an Inventory of user accounts is established and maintained