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V-22335

CAT II (Medium)

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

Rule ID

SV-44995r1_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 owned by a privileged user. The group file contains a list of system groups and associated information.

Check Content

Verify the /etc/group file is owned by root.
# ls -l /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