Rule version TOSS-05-000187 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-20
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.
Verify all local files and directories on TOSS 5 have a valid group using the following command:
$ df --local -P | awk {'if (NR!=1) print $6'} | sudo xargs -I '{}' find '{}' -xdev -nogroupIf any files on the system do not have an assigned group, this is a finding.
Either remove all files and directories from TOSS 5 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>