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Linux RHEL-10-400010

DISA STIG RHEL-10-400010 (CAT II): RHEL 10 must be configured so that the "/etc/group-" file is owned by "root".

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RHEL-10-400010 CAT II

RHEL 10 must be configured so that the "/etc/group-" file is owned by "root".

NIST SP 800-53: AC-3

Check

Verify RHEL 10 is configured so that the "/etc/group-" file is owned by "root" with the following command: $ sudo stat -c "%U %n" /etc/group- root /etc/group- If the "/etc/group-" file does not have an owner of "root", this is a finding.

Fix

Configure RHEL 10 so that the owner of the "/etc/group-" file is set to "root" by running the following command: $ sudo chown root /etc/group-

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