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All OL 8 files and directories must have a valid owner.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Unowned files and directories may be unintentionally inherited if a user is assigned the same User Identifier "UID" as the UID of the unowned files.

ID
SV-248646r991589_rule
Version
OL08-00-010780
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Either remove all files and directories from the system that do not have a valid user or assign a valid user to all unowned files and directories on OL 8 with the "chown" command: 
 
$ sudo chown <user> <file>