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All AIX Group Identifiers (GIDs) referenced in the /etc/passwd file must be defined in the /etc/group file.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

If a user is assigned the GID of a group not existing on the system, and a group with that GID is subsequently created, the user may have unintended rights to the group.

ID
SV-215339r991589_rule
Version
AIX7-00-003033
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Add a group to the system for each GID referenced without a corresponding group by running "mkgroup" command.