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1.369 OL09-00-002547

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-271809
RULE ID: SV-271809r1092139

The "/etc/passwd-" file is a backup file of "/etc/passwd", and as such, contains information about the users that are configured on the system. Protection of this file is critical for system security.

Solution

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

$ sudo chown root /etc/passwd-

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-271809r1092139_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-002547, Vuln-ID|V-271809

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 52e84252444d684dcbfa6dac94c58ddfbc93b9f37c471a7bdddd764748da35bf