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1.134 RHEL-09-232130

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-257906
RULE ID: SV-257906r991589

The "/etc/passwd" file contains information about the users that are configured on the system. Protection of this file is critical for system security.

Solution

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

$ sudo chown 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-257906r991589_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-09-232130, Vuln-ID|V-257906

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 3e358ecbc4e00df2b16fbb712e7d2b12ad6137aa7b5aad7e5f3cefb553c3aa26