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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".