Duplicate Group IDs (GIDs) must not exist for multiple groups.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-216191 | SOL-11.1-070120 | SV-216191r959010_rule | CCI-000366 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| User groups must be assigned unique GIDs for accountability and to ensure appropriate access protections. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Solaris 11 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-05 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-216191r959010_chk)
The root role is required.
Check that group IDs are unique.
# getent group | cut -f3 -d":" | sort -n | uniq -c |\
while read x ; do
[ -z "${x}" ] && break
set - $x
if [ $1 -gt 1 ]; then
grps=`getent group | nawk -F: '($3 == n) { print $1
}' n=$2 | xargs`
echo "Duplicate GID ($2): ${grps}"
fi
done
If output is produced, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-17427r372956_fix)
The root role is required.
Work with each respective group owner to remediate this issue and ensure that the group ownership of their files are set to an appropriate value.