STIGUI
V-216189CAT II — Medium severitySV-216189r958482_rule

Duplicate User IDs (UIDs) must not exist for users within the organization.

Rule version SOL-11.1-070100 · STIG v3 · 2026-08-19

Discussion

Users within the organization must be assigned unique UIDs for accountability and to ensure appropriate access protections.

Check

The root role is required.

Check that there are no duplicate UIDs.

# logins -d

If output is produced, this is a finding.

Fix

The root role is required.

Determine if there exists any users who share a common UID, and work with those users to determine the best course of action in accordance with site policy. Change user account names and UID or delete accounts, so each account has a unique name and UID.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-216189
Group title
SRG-OS-000104
Rule ID
SV-216189r958482_rule
Check ID
C-17427r372949_chk
Fix ID
F-17425r372950_fix