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The /etc/group file must be owned by root.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-22335 GEN001391 M6 SV-38090r1_rule ECLP-1 Medium
Description
The /etc/group file is critical to system security and must be owned by a privileged user. The group file contains a list of system groups and associated information.
STIG Date
MAC OSX 10.6 Workstation Security Technical Implementation Guide 2013-04-09

Details

Check Text ( C-37628r1_chk )
Open a terminal session and enter the following command to verify the owner of the /etc/group file.

ls -lL /etc/group

If the /etc/group file is not owned by root, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-32870r1_fix)
Open a terminal session and enter the following command to set the owner to root.

chown root /etc/group