The SUSE operating system root account must be the only account having unrestricted access to the system.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
If an account other than root also has a User Identifier (UID) of "0", it has root authority, giving that account unrestricted access to the entire SUSE operating system. Multiple accounts with a UID of "0" afford an opportunity for potential intruders to guess a password for a privileged account.
- ID
- SV-217164r991589_rule
- Version
- SLES-12-010650
- Severity
- High
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Change the UID of any account on the SUSE operating system, other than the root account, that has a UID of "0".
If the account is associated with system commands or applications, the UID should be changed to one greater than "0" but less than "1000". Otherwise, assign a UID of greater than "1000" that has not already been assigned.