All RHEL 9 local files and directories must have a valid group owner.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-257930 | SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | RHEL-09-232250 | SV-257930r991589_rule | 2025-02-27 | 2 |
| Description |
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| Files without a valid group owner may be unintentionally inherited if a group is assigned the same Group Identifier (GID) as the GID of the files without a valid group owner. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| Verify all local files and directories on RHEL 9 have a valid group with the following command: $ df --local -P | awk {'if (NR!=1) print $6'} | sudo xargs -I '{}' find '{}' -xdev -nogroup If any files on the system do not have an assigned group, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Either remove all files and directories from RHEL 9 that do not have a valid group, or assign a valid group to all files and directories on the system with the "chgrp" command: $ sudo chgrp <group> <file> |