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1.137 RHEL-09-232145

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-257909
RULE ID: SV-257909r991589

The "/etc/passwd-" file is a backup file of "/etc/passwd", and as such, contains information about the users that are configured on the system. Protection of this file is critical for system security.

Solution

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

$ sudo chgrp root /etc/passwd-

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-257909r991589_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-09-232145, Vuln-ID|V-257909

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 7de33a88abe6c2d3f92b47a959202058a679872a3a346577ff191a9c7f20cba7