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V-258083

CAT II (Medium)

RHEL 9 must have the sudo package installed.

Rule ID

SV-258083r1045168_rule

STIG

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R8

CCIs

CCI-002235

Discussion

"sudo" is a program designed to allow a system administrator to give limited root privileges to users and log root activity. The basic philosophy is to give as few privileges as possible but still allow system users to get their work done.

Check Content

Verify that RHEL 9 sudo package is installed with the following command:

$ dnf list --installed sudo

Example output:

sudo.x86_64          1.9.5p2-7.el9

If the "sudo" package is not installed, this is a finding.

Fix Text

The  sudo  package can be installed with the following command:
 
$ sudo dnf install sudo