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1.362 OL09-00-002540

Information

OL 9 /etc/gshadow file must be owned by root.

GROUP ID: V-271802
RULE ID: SV-271802r1092118

The "/etc/gshadow" file contains group password hashes. Protection of this file is critical for system security.

Solution

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

$ sudo chown root /etc/gshadow

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-271802r1092118_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-002540, Vuln-ID|V-271802

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 5b1eda33927f6fc4e1278497d28c14e4254e9ff589582ace46959abd3a7ec219