IBM AIX
TMA-AIX-5.1.6
Ensure all local user accounts have valid stanzas in /etc/security/passwd
Description
AIX uses two files to store information about local user accounts, the traditional /etc/passwd and also /etc/security/passwd. This latter file stores hashed passwords and metadata about the user account such as the last password change and whether the account is permitted to login. If an account exists that does not have a valid stanza in /etc/security/passwd then it is possible that under certain combinations of circumstances this is equivalent to that account having a blank password and thus multiple users may access the account ... Audit: automated read-only check derived from the CIS audit procedure; it prints "compliant" when the control is met.
How it is checked
Audit method: Shell command
command -v pwdck >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1; out=$( { pwdck -n ALL ; } 2>/dev/null ); [ -z "$out" ] && echo compliant || printf '%s\n' "$out" | head -n 20- Expected output
compliant
How it is fixed
Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch
Run the one of the following commands to remediate the identified issues: pwdck -t ALL -- OR -- pwdck -y ALL Note: Running the command with the -t flag will provide information about each action and prompt you to approve, whilst running it with the -y flag will automatically fix all errors and report the changes.
Properties
- Operating systems
- Any
- Tags
- aixaccounts
- Reference
- CIS IBM AIX 7 Benchmark v1.2.0 - 5.1.6 Ensure all local user accounts have valid stanzas in /etc/security/passwd
Check this host
Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.
tmaegis scan --target aix