RHEL 10 must assign a primary group to all interactive users.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-281174 | RHEL-10-600150 | SV-281174r1166474_rule | CCI-000764 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| If a user is assigned the group identifier (GID) of a group that does not exist on the system, and a group with the GID is subsequently created, the user may have unintended rights to any files associated with the group. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2026-03-11 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-281174r1166474_chk)
Verify RHEL 10 interactive users have a valid GID.
Check that the interactive users have a valid GID with the following command:
$ sudo pwck -r
If pwck reports "no group" for any interactive user, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-85640r1166473_fix)
Configure RHEL 10 so that all GIDs referenced in "/etc/passwd" are defined in "/etc/group".
Edit the file "/etc/passwd" and ensure that every user's GID is a valid GID.