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1.356 OL09-00-002534

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-271796
RULE ID: SV-271796r1092100

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

$ sudo chown 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-271796r1092100_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-002534, Vuln-ID|V-271796

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: e3921e3ca74d29d074293176e3ed039a1f22530022a04b6126e81af1952a5c4f