STIGUI
V-215420CAT II — Medium severitySV-215420r1268251_rule

All AIX files and directories must have a valid group owner.

Rule version AIX7-00-003125 · STIG v3 · 2026-08-31

Discussion

Failure to restrict system access to authenticated users negatively impacts operating system security.

Check

Determine if any file on the system does not have a valid group owner using command: # find / -nogroup -print

If any such files are found, this is a finding.

Fix

Change the group owner for each file without a valid group owner using command: # chgrp <a-valid-group> /tmp/a-file-without-a-valid-group-owner

Identifiers

Group ID
V-215420
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-215420r1268251_rule
Check ID
C-16618r294711_chk
Fix ID
F-16616r294712_fix