All OL 8 files and directories must have a valid group owner.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-248647 | SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | OL08-00-010790 | SV-248647r991589_rule | 2025-02-20 | 2 |
| Description |
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| 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. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| Verify all files and directories on OL 8 have a valid group with the following command: $ sudo find / -nogroup If any files on the system do not have an assigned group, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Either remove all files and directories from OL 8 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> |