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PCI-DSS v4.0 Control Baseline for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Verify Permissions on Files with Local Account Information and Credentials

    The default restrictive permissions for files which act as important security databases such as <code>passwd</code>, <code>shadow</code>, <code>gro...
    Group
  • Verify Group Who Owns Backup group File

    To properly set the group owner of /etc/group-, run the command:
    $ sudo chgrp root /etc/group-
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify Group Who Owns Backup passwd File

    To properly set the group owner of /etc/passwd-, run the command:
    $ sudo chgrp root /etc/passwd-
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify User Who Owns Backup shadow File

    To properly set the group owner of /etc/shadow-, run the command:
    $ sudo chgrp root /etc/shadow-
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify Group Who Owns group File

    To properly set the group owner of /etc/group, run the command:
    $ sudo chgrp root /etc/group
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify Group Who Owns passwd File

    To properly set the group owner of /etc/passwd, run the command:
    $ sudo chgrp root /etc/passwd
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify Group Who Owns shadow File

    To properly set the group owner of /etc/shadow, run the command:
    $ sudo chgrp root /etc/shadow
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify User Who Owns Backup group File

    To properly set the owner of /etc/group-, run the command:
    $ sudo chown root /etc/group- 
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify User Who Owns Backup passwd File

    To properly set the owner of /etc/passwd-, run the command:
    $ sudo chown root /etc/passwd- 
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify Group Who Owns Backup shadow File

    To properly set the owner of /etc/shadow-, run the command:
    $ sudo chown root /etc/shadow- 
    Rule Medium Severity

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