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1.124 RHEL-09-232090

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-257898
RULE ID: SV-257898r991589

The "/etc/group" file contains information regarding groups that are configured on the system. Protection of this file is important for system security.

Solution

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

$ sudo chown root /etc/group

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-257898r991589_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-09-232090, Vuln-ID|V-257898

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 64ad9a5770d1a1a66f47a12ce66e28c916d9a76469aaf134f3d4f7235e48159c