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Duplicate Group IDs (GIDs) must not exist for multiple groups.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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ID
SV-216191r959010_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

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.