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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-256563	PHTN-30-000094	SV-256563r887363_rule		Medium

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

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-12-01

Details

Check Text ( C-60238r887361_chk )
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 (F-60181r887362_fix)
At the command line, run the following command for each returned file: # chown root:root