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V-248646

CAT II (Medium)

All OL 8 files and directories must have a valid owner.

Rule ID

SV-248646r991589_rule

STIG

Oracle Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R8

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

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.

Check Content

Verify all files and directories on OL 8 have a valid owner with the following command: 
 
$ sudo find / -nouser 
 
If any files on the system do not have an assigned owner, this is a finding.

Fix Text

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 OL 8 with the "chown" command: 
 
$ sudo chown <user> <file>