The AIX /etc/group file must be owned by root.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
The "/etc/group" file contains information regarding groups that are configured on the system. Protection of this file is important for system security.
- ID
- SV-215274r991589_rule
- Version
- AIX7-00-002083
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Change the owner of the "/etc/group" file to "root":
# chown root /etc/group