Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Version

V1 · R3

CurrentPublished Wed Sep 30 2026

RHEL 10 must be configured so that the "/etc/passwd" file is group-owned by "root".

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

RHEL 10 must be configured so that the "/etc/passwd" file is group-owned by "root".

Description

Discussion Text

The "/etc/passwd" file contains information about the users that are configured on the system. Protection of this file is critical for system security.

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Objective

V-281026

Rule

SV-281026r1268226_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

RHEL-10-400045

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Verify RHEL 10 is configured so that the "/etc/passwd" file is group-owned by "root" with the following command:

$ sudo stat -c "%G %n" /etc/passwd
root /etc/passwd

If the "/etc/passwd" file does not have a group owner of "root", this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure RHEL 10 so that the group of the "/etc/passwd" file is set to "root" by running the following command:

$ sudo chgrp root /etc/passwd

STIG check 95 of 435 in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 STIG checklist

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