All AlmaLinux OS 9 interactive users must have a primary group that exists.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
If a user is assigned the Group Identifier (GID) of a group that does not exist on the system, and a group with the GID is subsequently created, the user may have unintended rights to any files associated with the group.
- ID
- SV-269366r1050249_rule
- Version
- ALMA-09-033130
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure the system so that all GIDs referenced in "/etc/passwd" are defined in "/etc/group".