RHEL 10 must assign a primary group to all interactive users.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-281174 | SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051 | RHEL-10-600150 | SV-281174r1166474_rule | 2026-03-11 | 1 |
Description
If a user is assigned the group identifier (GID) of a group that does not exist on the system, and a group with the GID is subsequently created, the user may have unintended rights to any files associated with the group.
ℹ️ Check
Verify RHEL 10 interactive users have a valid GID.
Check that the interactive users have a valid GID with the following command:
$ sudo pwck -r
If pwck reports "no group" for any interactive user, this is a finding.
✔️ Fix
Configure RHEL 10 so that all GIDs referenced in "/etc/passwd" are defined in "/etc/group".
Edit the file "/etc/passwd" and ensure that every user's GID is a valid GID.