HP UX Bastille Software C Question modules, AccountSecurity.atuser, AccountSecurity.AUTH_MAXTRIES, AccountSecurity.create_securetty, AccountSecurity.block_system_accounts

C Question modules

AccountSecurity.ABORT_LOGIN_ON_MISSING_HOMEDIR

Headline	Do not allow logins unless the home directory exists.
Default	N
Description	The ABORT_LOGIN_ON_MISSING_HOMEDIR parameter controls login behavior
	if a user's home directory does not exist.
Actions	Set ABORT_LOGIN_ON_MISSING_HOMEDIR=1 in /etc/security.

AccountSecurity.atuser

Headline	Restrict the use of at to administrative accounts.
Default	N
Description	The at command allows users to submit jobs for the system to run at a
	particular time. Administrators can use at to defer jobs to run when the system
	is otherwise unused. However, executing jobs later or automatically represents
	a privilege that can be abused and makes actions slightly harder to track. Many
	sites choose to restrict the at command to administrative accounts. HP suggests
	restricting permission to new administrators until they understand how it can
	be abused and which users need access. Create the /etc/at.allow file of
	users with permission. This file can be edited later. If this file is not created,
	all users have permission to use the at command.
Actions	Delete the file at.deny
	Create or replace the file at.allow with a single entry for user root
	Set permissions to 0400
	Change ownership to root:sys

AccountSecurity.AUTH_MAXTRIES

Headline	Lock account after too many consecutive authentication failures.
Default	N
Description	The AUTH_MAXTRIES parameter controls whether an account is locked after
	too many consecutive authentication failures. It does not apply to trusted
	systems. This parameter is supported for users in all name server switch
	repositories, such as local, NIS, and LDAP.
Actions	Set AUTH_MAXTRIES=1 in /etc/security.

AccountSecurity.block_system_accounts

Headline	Disable login access to the system accounts.
Default	N
Description	System accounts are provisioned on a new system, for example bin, sys, uucp,
	et-cetera. These accounts (except for root) exist to own files, processes, or
	system resources but are not generally logged into. Because these accounts
	have broad access to the system, HP recommends disabling them. This item
	disables default system accounts.
Actions	Lock the account and change the user shell to /bin/false for the following
	users: www sys smbnull iwww owww sshd hpsmh named uucp nuucp adm
	daemon bin lp nobody noaccess hpdb useradm.

AccountSecurity.create_securetty

Headline Disallow root logins from network TTYs.

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