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1.91 ALMA-09-013000

Information

AlmaLinux OS 9 /etc/group file must be group owned by root.

GROUP ID: V-269194
RULE ID: SV-269194r1050076

The "/etc/group" file contains information regarding groups that are configured on the system. Protection of this file is important for system security.

Solution

Change the group of the file /etc/group to root by running the following command:

$ chgrp root /etc/group

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27039

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-269194r1050076_rule, STIG-ID|ALMA-09-013000, Vuln-ID|V-269194

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 6542de62b7e4a095275016ef0d99083abbef0ec059f7742810604bde31f9f1ce