STIGUI
V-258045CAT II — Medium severitySV-258045r958482_rule

RHEL 9 duplicate User IDs (UIDs) must not exist for interactive users.

Rule version RHEL-09-411030 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-17

Discussion

To ensure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, interactive users must be identified and authenticated to prevent potential misuse and compromise of the system.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051, SRG-OS-000121-GPOS-00062, SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020

Check

Verify that RHEL 9 contains no duplicate UIDs for interactive users with the following command:

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

If output is produced and the accounts listed are interactive user accounts, this is a finding.

Fix

Edit the file "/etc/passwd" and provide each interactive user account that has a duplicate UID with a unique UID.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-258045
Group title
SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051
Rule ID
SV-258045r958482_rule
Check ID
C-61786r926120_chk
Fix ID
F-61710r926121_fix