RHEL 9 /etc/passwd file must be group-owned by root.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
The "/etc/passwd" file contains information about the users that are configured on the system. Protection of this file is critical for system security.
- ID
- SV-257907r991589_rule
- Version
- RHEL-09-232135
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Change the group of the file /etc/passwd to root by running the following command:
$ sudo chgrp root /etc/passwd