All RHEL 8 local files and directories must have a valid group owner.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-230327	RHEL-08-010790	SV-230327r1069285_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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2025-05-14

Details

Check Text (C-32996r1069177_chk)

Verify all local files and directories on RHEL 8 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-32971r567728_fix)

Either remove all files and directories from RHEL 8 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>