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V-269195CAT II — Medium severitySV-269195r1050077_rule

AlmaLinux OS 9 /etc/group file must be owned by root.

Rule version ALMA-09-013110 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-25

Discussion

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

Check

Verify the ownership of the "/etc/group" file with the following command:

$ stat -c "%U %n" /etc/group

root /etc/group

If "/etc/group" file does not have an owner of "root", this is a finding.

Fix

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

$ chown root /etc/group

Identifiers

Group ID
V-269195
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-269195r1050077_rule
Check ID
C-73226r1047961_chk
Fix ID
F-73127r1047962_fix