OL 9 local files and directories must have a valid group owner.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-271780	OL09-00-002511	SV-271780r1092052_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
Oracle Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2025-05-08

Details

Check Text (C-75830r1092050_chk)

Verify that OL 9 local files and directories have a valid group with the following command:

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

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

Fix Text (F-75737r1092051_fix)

Configure OL 9 local files and directories to have a valid group owner.

Either remove all files and directories from OL 9 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 <group> <file>