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V-22337

CAT II (Medium)

The /etc/group file must have mode 0644 or less permissive.

Rule ID

SV-44998r1_rule

STIG

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R12

CCIs

CCI-000225

Discussion

The /etc/group file is critical to system security and must be protected from unauthorized modification. The group file contains a list of system groups and associated information.

Check Content

Check the mode of the /etc/group file.
# ls -l /etc/group
If the file mode is more permissive than 0644, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Change the mode of the /etc/group file to 0644 or less permissive.
# chmod 0644 /etc/group