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1.93 RHEL-10-400030

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-281023
RULE ID: SV-281023r1165424

The "/etc/gshadow-" file is a backup of "/etc/gshadow", and as such contains group password hashes. Protection of this file is critical for system security.

Solution

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

$ sudo chown root /etc/gshadow-

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-281023r1165424_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-400030, Vuln-ID|V-281023

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: b6099d12527199e1eca97392a68dd30392f145f73d04a31e5e4b32d22772db28