All TOSS local files and directories must have a valid owner.

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mediumV-253100SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227TOSS-04-040580SV-253100r991589_rule2026-02-192

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>