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V-281021CAT II — Medium severitySV-281021r1268226_rule

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

Rule version RHEL-10-400020 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-17

Discussion

The "/etc/gshadow" file contains group password hashes. Protection of this file is critical for system security.

Check

Verify RHEL 10 is configured so that the "/etc/gshadow" file is owned by "root" with the following command:

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

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

Fix

Configure RHEL 10 so that the owner of the file "/etc/gshadow" is set to "root" by running the following command:

$ sudo chown root /etc/gshadow

Identifiers

Group ID
V-281021
Group title
SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048
Rule ID
SV-281021r1268226_rule
Check ID
C-85582r1165416_chk
Fix ID
F-85487r1165417_fix