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V-269201CAT II — Medium severitySV-269201r1050083_rule

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

Rule version ALMA-09-013770 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-25

Discussion

The "/etc/gshadow-" file is a backup of "/etc/gshadow", and as such, contains group password hashes. Protection of this file is critical for system security.

Check

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

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

root /etc/gshadow-

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

Fix

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

$ chown root /etc/gshadow-

Identifiers

Group ID
V-269201
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-269201r1050083_rule
Check ID
C-73232r1047979_chk
Fix ID
F-73133r1047980_fix