STIGUI
V-216194CAT II — Medium severitySV-216194r959010_rule

Duplicate group names must not exist.

Rule version SOL-11.1-070150 · STIG v3 · 2026-08-19

Discussion

If a group is assigned a duplicate group name, it will create and have access to files with the first GID for that group in group. Effectively, the GID is shared, which is a security risk.

Check

The root role is required.

Check for duplicate group names.

# getent group | cut -f1 -d":" | sort -n | uniq -d

If output is produced, this is a finding.

Fix

The root role is required.

Correct or justify any items discovered in the Check step. Determine if there are any duplicate group names, and work with their respective owners to determine the best course of action in accordance with site policy. Delete or change the group name of duplicate groups.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-216194
Group title
SRG-OS-000480
Rule ID
SV-216194r959010_rule
Check ID
C-17432r622344_chk
Fix ID
F-17430r372965_fix