All TOSS local files and directories must have a valid owner.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-253100 | SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | TOSS-04-040580 | SV-253100r991589_rule | 2026-02-19 | 2 |
Description
Unowned files and directories may be unintentionally inherited if a user is assigned the same User Identifier "UID" as the UID of the un-owned files.
ℹ️ Check
Verify all local files and directories on TOSS 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 an assigned owner, this is a finding.
Note: Command may produce error messages from the /proc and /sys directories.
✔️ Fix
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 TOSS with the "chown" command:
$ sudo chown <user> <file>