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1.135 RHEL-09-232135

Information

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

GROUP ID:V-257907
RULE ID: SV-257907r991589

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

None

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-257907r991589_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-09-232135, Vuln-ID|V-257907

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: f79a3d067fe22121356b649a4777af376e61e9c1eb81fd5595a19410b0b0e490