All TOSS local 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-253099 | SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | TOSS-04-040570 | SV-253099r991589_rule | 2024-05-30 | 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 local files and directories on TOSS have a valid group with the following command: Note: The value after -fstype must be replaced with the filesystem type. XFS is used as an example. $ sudo find / -fstype xfs -nogroup If any files on the system do not have an assigned group, this is a finding. Note: Command may produce error messages from the /proc and /sys directories. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Either remove all files and directories from TOSS 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> |