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1.139 RHEL-09-232155

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-257911
RULE ID: SV-257911r991589

The "/etc/shadow" file stores password hashes. Protection of this file is critical for system security.

Solution

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

$ sudo chgrp root /etc/shadow

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-257911r991589_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-09-232155, Vuln-ID|V-257911

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 37b6f6ede2a6e48a95fc32c24c1376931e7f729f7e220d75feaed86ddb21fa6f