All RHEL 9 local files and directories must have a valid owner.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-257931 | SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | RHEL-09-232255 | SV-257931r991589_rule | 2025-02-27 | 2 |
| Description |
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| Unowned files and directories may be unintentionally inherited if a user is assigned the same user identifier "UID" as the UID of the unowned files. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| Verify all local files and directories on RHEL 9 have a valid owner with the following command: $ df --local -P | awk {'if (NR!=1) print $6'} | sudo xargs -I '{}' find '{}' -xdev -nouser If any files on the system do not have an assigned owner, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Either remove all files and directories from the system that do not have a valid user, or assign a valid user to all unowned files and directories on RHEL 9 with the "chown" command: $ sudo chown <user> <file> |