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V-215274

CAT II (Medium)

The AIX /etc/group file must be owned by root.

Rule ID

SV-215274r991589_rule

STIG

IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R2

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

The "/etc/group" file contains information regarding groups that are configured on the system. Protection of this file is important for system security.

Check Content

Verify the "/etc/group" file is owned by "root" using command: 
# ls -l /etc/group 

The above command should yield the following output:
-rw-r--r--    1 root     security        387 Sep 06 11:40 /etc/group

If the file is not owned by "root", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Change the owner of the "/etc/group" file to "root": 
# chown root /etc/group