All SUSE operating system files and directories must have a valid group owner.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-217169 | SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | SLES-12-010700 | SV-217169r991589_rule | 2025-11-24 | 3 |
Description
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
Verify all SUSE operating system files and directories on the system have a valid group.
Check the owner of all files and directories with the following command:
Note: The value after -fstype must be replaced with the filesystem type. XFS is used as an example.
# find / -fstype xfs -nogroup
If any files on the system do not have an assigned group, this is a finding.
✔️ Fix
Either remove all files and directories from the SUSE operating system 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>