RHEL 9 /etc/gshadow file must be owned by root.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
The "/etc/gshadow" file contains group password hashes. Protection of this file is critical for system security.
- ID
- SV-257902r991589_rule
- Version
- RHEL-09-232110
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Change the owner of the file /etc/gshadow to root by running the following command:
$ sudo chown root /etc/gshadow