The system must restrict the ability of users to assume excessive privileges to members of a defined group and prevent unauthorized users from accessing administrative tools.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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ID: SV-219973r958726_rule
Severity: Medium
References: CCI-001170
Updated: 18 days ago

The root role is required.

Convert the root user into a role. 

# usermod -K type=role root
Add the root role to authorized users' logins. 

# usermod -R +root [username]

Remove the root role from users who should not be authorized to assume it.

# usermod -R -root [username]

The system must restrict the ability of users to assume excessive privileges to members of a defined group and prevent unauthorized users from accessing administrative tools.

Description

Remediation - Manual Procedure