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1.90 RHEL-10-400015

Information

RHEL 10 must be configured so that the "/etc/group-" file is group-owned by "root".

GROUP ID: V-281020
RULE ID: SV-281020r1165415

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

Configure RHEL 10 so that the group of the "/etc/group-" file is set to "root" by running the following command:

$ sudo chgrp root /etc/group-

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/26403

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-3, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000213, Rule-ID|SV-281020r1165415_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-400015, Vuln-ID|V-281020

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 74f362ea6a0f111df36e472dcd52cd2b95366ad821b3b86f1c9934e4c4022f94