All TOSS 5 local files and directories must have a valid owner.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-282671 | SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | TOSS-05-000188 | SV-282671r1200993_rule | 2026-04-01 | 1 |
Description
Unowned files and directories may be unintentionally inherited if a user is assigned the same user identifier "UID" as the UID of the unowned files.
ℹ️ Check
Verify all local files and directories on TOSS 5 have a valid owner using the following command:
$ df --local -P | awk {'if (NR!=1) print $6'} | sudo xargs -I '{}' find '{}' -xdev -nouser
If any files on the system do not have an assigned owner, this is a finding.
✔️ 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 5 with the "chown" command:
$ sudo chown <user> <file>