controls::use non default account names
Overview
Puppet controls are Puppet defined types that ensure a certain security control is implemented. Puppet changes the system in order to make the system compliant.
Description of the control
The DB2 service is installed with default accounts with well-known names such as db2admin, db2inst1, dasusr1, or db2fenc1. It is recommended that the use of these account names be avoided. The default accounts may be renamed and then used.
Rationale
The use of default account names may increase the DB2 service’s susceptibility to unauthorized access by an attacker.
Skipping
To deliberately skip this control (e.g. meaning don’t use Puppet to enforce this setting), we provide you with two ways:
1) Add db2_secured::controls::use_non_default_account_names: skip to your hiera data. This will skip this control for ALL systems.
3) Add an entry with the content use_non_default_account_names to the array value db2_secured::skip_list in your hiera data.
Benchmarks
This control is used in the following benchmarks:
- db10 CIS V1.1.0 - paragraph 1.4
Attributes
| Attribute Name | Short Description |
|---|---|
| title | The database identifier to apply the control to. |
title
The database identifier to apply the control to.
All controls need an database identifier to apply the control to. Here is a simple example:
db2_secured::controls::control_name { 'db2inst1/MYDB':}
In this example, the string dbinst1 is the instance, the string MYDB is the database to apply the control to.
