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1.357 OL09-00-002535

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-271797
RULE ID: SV-271797r1092103

The "/etc/group-" file is a backup file of "/etc/group", and as such, 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-271797r1092103_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-002535, Vuln-ID|V-271797

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: c3cd3833b9dd4047088965eb3e7583a660e6fb3dd1d50447524acdcc5f72b959