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1.368 OL09-00-002546

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-271808
RULE ID: SV-271808r1092136

The "/etc/passwd" file 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-271808r1092136_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-002546, Vuln-ID|V-271808

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 6badee31e7e6440050761f918e048a69fa560b3076ff230cc7be0fcee910655b