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1.95 RHEL-10-400040

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-281025
RULE ID: SV-281025r1165430

The "/etc/passwd" file contains information about the users that are configured on the system. Protection of this file is critical for system security.

Solution

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

$ sudo chown root /etc/passwd

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-281025r1165430_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-400040, Vuln-ID|V-281025

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 7fc45daedd94f2c76d975614d02fe11dec685a2c02b6c8bc9888262772e5d151