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V-256563

CAT II (Medium)

The Photon operating system must be configured so that all files have a valid owner and group owner.

Rule ID

SV-256563r991589_rule

STIG

VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R4

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

If files do not have valid user and group owners, unintended access to files could occur.

Check Content

At the command line, run the following command:

# find / -fstype ext4 -nouser -o -nogroup -exec ls -ld {} \; 2>/dev/null

If any files are returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text

At the command line, run the following command for each returned file:

# chown root:root <file>