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1.88 RHEL-10-400005

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-281018
RULE ID: SV-281018r1165409

The "/etc/group" file 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 file "/etc/group" 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-281018r1165409_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-400005, Vuln-ID|V-281018

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: ab28cae71afbaa4d5a30fc500b57bdd01a9fe6ccf3f9b779b303fbecc31a54f7