UIDs reserved for system accounts must not be assigned to non-system accounts on AIX systems.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Reserved UIDs are typically used by system software packages. If non-system accounts have UIDs in this range, they may conflict with system software, possibly leading to the user having permissions to modify system files.
- ID
- SV-215195r991589_rule
- Version
- AIX7-00-001036
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Using the "usermod" command, change the UID numbers for non-system accounts with reserved UIDs (those less or equal to 128):
# usermod -u <uid> [user_name]