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>