All SUSE operating system files and directories must have a valid owner.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-217168 | SLES-12-010690 | SV-217168r991589_rule | CCI-002165 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Unowned files and directories may be unintentionally inherited if a user is assigned the same User Identifier (UID) as the UID of the unowned files. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-14 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-217168r991589_chk)
Verify that all SUSE operating system files and directories on the system have a valid owner.
Check the owner of all files and directories with the following command:
Note: The value after -fstype must be replaced with the filesystem type. XFS is used as an example.
# find / -fstype xfs -nouser
If any files on the system do not have an assigned owner, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-18394r369661_fix)
Either remove all files and directories from the SUSE operating system that do not have a valid user, or assign a valid user to all unowned files and directories on the system with the "chown" command:
# sudo chown <user> <file>