RHEL 9 SSH server configuration file must be group-owned by root.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Service configuration files enable or disable features of their respective services, which if configured incorrectly, can lead to insecure and vulnerable configurations. Therefore, service configuration files must be owned by the correct group to prevent unauthorized changes.
- ID
- SV-257997r1045057_rule
- Version
- RHEL-09-255105
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure the "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" file to be group-owned by root with the following command:
$ sudo chgrp root /etc/ssh/sshd_config