The root account must be disabled for interactive use.

From Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG

Associated with: CCI-000770

SV-65737r1_rule The root account must be disabled for interactive use.

Vulnerability discussion

Check content

To check if the root user has been enabled, run the following command: sudo dscl . -read /Users/root AuthenticationAuthority If the result does not return "No such key: AuthenticationAuthority", this is a finding.

Fix text

To disable the root user account, run the following command: sudo dsenableroot -d

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