Duplicate Group IDs (GIDs) must not exist for multiple groups.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-216428 | SRG-OS-000480 | SOL-11.1-070120 | SV-216428r959010_rule | 2024-11-25 | 3 |
| Description |
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| User groups must be assigned unique GIDs for accountability and to ensure appropriate access protections. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| The root role is required. Check that group IDs are unique. # getent group | cut -f3 -d":" | sort -n | uniq -c |\ while read x ; do [ -z "${x}" ] && break set - $x if [ $1 -gt 1 ]; then grps=`getent group | nawk -F: '($3 == n) { print $1 }' n=$2 | xargs` echo "Duplicate GID ($2): ${grps}" fi done If output is produced, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| The root role is required. Work with each respective group owner to remediate this issue and ensure that the group ownership of their files are set to an appropriate value. |