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1.91 RHEL-10-400020

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-281021
RULE ID: SV-281021r1165418

The "/etc/gshadow" file contains group password hashes. Protection of this file is critical for system security.

Solution

Configure RHEL 10 so that the owner of the file "/etc/gshadow" 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-281021r1165418_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-400020, Vuln-ID|V-281021

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: ae9741e119a552c4e74d1601a2afd46a951c9006b2f893e3745113a7298410c6