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1.354 OL09-00-002532

Information

OL 9 /etc/group file must be group-owned by root.

GROUP ID: V-271794
RULE ID: SV-271794r1092094

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:

$ sudo chgrp root /etc/group

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27024

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-271794r1092094_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-002532, Vuln-ID|V-271794

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 1963758bec7b70f41e44bd8c5ccd7530e8cb7e3cdb90b48fb897a6d15dff4f52