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1.131 RHEL-09-232115

Information

RHEL 9 /etc/gshadow file must be group-owned by root.

GROUP ID: V-257903
RULE ID: SV-257903r991589

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

Solution

Change the group of the file /etc/gshadow to root by running the following command:

$ sudo chgrp root /etc/gshadow

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/22008

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-257903r991589_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-09-232115, Vuln-ID|V-257903

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 37c769f0eb8149d6f116d680caf08dd7ee4cfc8bcd5bf4b50e805e061f926b14