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1.100 RHEL-10-400065

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-281030
RULE ID: SV-281030r1165445

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

Solution

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

$ sudo chgrp root /etc/shadow

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-281030r1165445_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-400065, Vuln-ID|V-281030

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 88f69eaed47def5ce2001d5b11ee55bb0976be1ae4b3f9c85172ed8371f0f8c5