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1.129 RHEL-09-232105

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-257901
RULE ID: SV-257901r991589

The "/etc/group-" file is a backup file of "/etc/group", and as such, contains information regarding groups that are configured on the system. Protection of this file is important for system security.

Solution

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

$ sudo chgrp 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-257901r991589_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-09-232105, Vuln-ID|V-257901

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 92de17e3e8e7b59a28bef5a0136e8a7020fbec87f405efb4c587b31dcfb4f238