All SLEM 5 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-261303 | SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | SLEM-05-232090 | SV-261303r996382_rule | 2025-05-08 | 1 |
| 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 that all SLEM 5 files and directories on the system have a valid owner with the following command: Note: The value after -fstype must be replaced with the filesystem type. XFS is used as an example. > sudo find / -fstype xfs -nouser If any files on the system do not have a valid owner, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Either remove all files and directories from SLEM 5 that do not have a valid user or assign a valid user to all unowned files and directories on the system with the "chown" command: > sudo chown <user > <file> |