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1.125 RHEL-09-232095

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-257899
RULE ID: SV-257899r991589

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 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-257899r991589_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-09-232095, Vuln-ID|V-257899

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 2e2d007bb65a515e8958caecc4344e21cb84c2edba20844c2cff636d82a5da4b