All RHEL 9 local files and directories must have a valid owner.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-257931	RHEL-09-232255	SV-257931r991589_rule		Medium

Description

Unowned files and directories may be unintentionally inherited if a user is assigned the same user identifier "UID" as the UID of the unowned files.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-12-04

Details

Check Text (C-61672r925778_chk)

Verify all local files and directories on RHEL 9 have a valid owner with the following command:

$ df --local -P | awk {'if (NR!=1) print $6'} | sudo xargs -I '{}' find '{}' -xdev -nouser

If any files on the system do not have an assigned owner, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-61596r925779_fix)

Either remove all files and directories from the system that do not have a valid user, or assign a valid user to all unowned files and directories on RHEL 9 with the "chown" command:

$ sudo chown <user> <file>