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.