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1.372 OL09-00-002550

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-271812
RULE ID: SV-271812r1092148

The "/etc/shadow" file stores password hashes. Protection of this file is critical for system security.

Solution

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

$ sudo chgrp root /etc/shadow

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-271812r1092148_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-002550, Vuln-ID|V-271812

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 2f8e54385cf498fc44fb226e1900cce759f99c37420358d005cbfb18da74fea3