All SUSE operating system files and directories must have a valid group owner.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-235029	SLES-15-040410	SV-235029r622137_rule		Medium

Description
Files without a valid group owner may be unintentionally inherited if a group is assigned the same Group Identifier (GID) as the GID of the files without a valid group owner.

STIG	Date
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-03-04

Details

Check Text ( C-38217r619356_chk )
Verify all SUSE operating system files and directories on the system have a valid group. Check the owner of all files and directories with the following command: Note: The value after -fstype must be replaced with the filesystem type. XFS is used as an example. > sudo find / -fstype xfs -nogroup If any files on the system do not have an assigned group, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-38180r619357_fix)
Either remove all files and directories from the SUSE operating system that do not have a valid group, or assign a valid group to all files and directories on the system with the "chgrp" command: > sudo chgrp