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V-281019CAT II — Medium severitySV-281019r1268226_rule

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

Rule version RHEL-10-400010 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-17

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 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-

Identifiers

Group ID
V-281019
Group title
SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048
Rule ID
SV-281019r1268226_rule
Check ID
C-85580r1165410_chk
Fix ID
F-85485r1165411_fix