The Photon operating system must not have duplicate User IDs (UIDs).

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-258826	PHTN-40-000049	SV-258826r958482_rule		Medium

Description

To ensure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be uniquely identified and authenticated to prevent potential misuse and provide for nonrepudiation.

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS 4.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-07-11

Details

Check Text (C-62566r933537_chk)

At the command line, run the following command to verify there are no duplicate user IDs present:

# awk -F ":" 'list[$3]++{print $1, $3}' /etc/passwd

If any lines are returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-62475r933538_fix)

Navigate to and open:

/etc/passwd

Configure each user account that has a duplicate UID with a unique UID.