Duplicate IDs (UNIX)

Module: Account Integrity

This check reports user IDs (UIDs) that are shared by two or more accounts and group IDs (GIDs) that are shared by two or more groups.

The following table lists the error messages for the check.

Table: Error messages for Duplicate IDs

Message String ID and Category	Platform and Message Numeric ID	Message Title and Description	Additional Information
String ID: STKU_DUPUID Category: ESM Administrative Information	UNIX (5150)	Title: Duplicate UID Description:The user IDs (UIDs) listed below are used in more than one user account. Accounts that share a UID have full access to each other's files. This right should be granted with care to prevent a security breach. You should change the UID of each account to a unique number. You should also change the ownership of the files in each user's home directory to match the new UID.	Severity: yellow-1 Correctable: false Snapshot Updatable: false Template Updatable: false Information Field Format: [%s]
String ID: STKU_DUPGID Category: ESM Administrative Information	UNIX (5151)	Title: Duplicate GID Description:The group IDs (GIDs) listed below are used in more than one group. Groups that share a GID have access to each other's files. This right should be granted with care to prevent a security breach. You should change the GID of each group to a unique number. You should also change the ownership of any files owned by the group to match the new GID.	Severity: yellow-1 Correctable: false Snapshot Updatable: false Template Updatable: false Information Field Format: [%s]
String ID: STKU_DUPROOTUID Category: ESM Administrative Information	UNIX (5176)	Title: Duplicate root UID Description:The reserved user ID (UID) listed below is used in more than one user account. Accounts that share a UID have full access to each other's files. This right should be granted with care to prevent a security breach. You should change the UID of each account to a unique number. You should also change the ownership of the files in each user's home directory to match the new UID.	Severity: red-4 Correctable: false Snapshot Updatable: false Template Updatable: false Information Field Format: [%s]
String ID: STKU_DUPROOTGID Category: ESM Administrative Information	UNIX (5177)	Title: Duplicate root GID Description:The reserved group ID (GID) listed below is used in more than one group. Groups that share a GID have access to each other's files. This right should be granted with care to prevent a security breach. You should change the GID of each group to a unique number. You should also change the ownership of any files owned by the group to match the new GID.	Severity: red-4 Correctable: false Snapshot Updatable: false Template Updatable: false Information Field Format: [%s]

Message String ID and Category

Platform and Message Numeric ID

Message Title and Description

Additional Information

String ID: STKU_DUPUID

Category: ESM Administrative Information

UNIX (5150)

Title: Duplicate UID

Description:The user IDs (UIDs) listed below are used in more than one user account. Accounts that share a UID have full access to each other's files. This right should be granted with care to prevent a security breach. You should change the UID of each account to a unique number. You should also change the ownership of the files in each user's home directory to match the new UID.

Severity: yellow-1

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]

String ID: STKU_DUPGID

Category: ESM Administrative Information

UNIX (5151)

Title: Duplicate GID

Description:The group IDs (GIDs) listed below are used in more than one group. Groups that share a GID have access to each other's files. This right should be granted with care to prevent a security breach. You should change the GID of each group to a unique number. You should also change the ownership of any files owned by the group to match the new GID.

Severity: yellow-1

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]

String ID: STKU_DUPROOTUID

Category: ESM Administrative Information

UNIX (5176)

Title: Duplicate root UID

Description:The reserved user ID (UID) listed below is used in more than one user account. Accounts that share a UID have full access to each other's files. This right should be granted with care to prevent a security breach. You should change the UID of each account to a unique number. You should also change the ownership of the files in each user's home directory to match the new UID.

Severity: red-4

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]

String ID: STKU_DUPROOTGID

Category: ESM Administrative Information

UNIX (5177)

Title: Duplicate root GID

Description:The reserved group ID (GID) listed below is used in more than one group. Groups that share a GID have access to each other's files. This right should be granted with care to prevent a security breach. You should change the GID of each group to a unique number. You should also change the ownership of any files owned by the group to match the new GID.

Severity: red-4

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]