STIGUI
V-271797CAT II — Medium severitySV-271797r1092103_rule

OL 9 /etc/group- file must be owned by root.

Rule version OL09-00-002535 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-21

Discussion

The "/etc/group-" file is a backup file of "/etc/group", and as such, contains information regarding groups that are configured on the system. Protection of this file is important for system security.

Check

Verify that OL 9 configures 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:

$ sudo chown root /etc/group-

Identifiers

Group ID
V-271797
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-271797r1092103_rule
Check ID
C-75847r1092101_chk
Fix ID
F-75754r1092102_fix