documentation_complete: true

title: 'Verify Permissions and ownership on <tt>group</tt> File'

description: |-
    <fileperms-desc-macro file="/etc/passwd" perms="0644" />
      <fileowner-desc-macro file="/etc/passwd" owner="root" />
      <filegroupowner-desc-macro file="/etc/passwd" group="root" />

rationale: |-
    The <tt>/etc/shadow</tt> file contains information about the groups that are configured on
    the system. Protection of this file is critical for system security.

severity: medium

references:
    disa: ""
    nist: AC-6

ocil: |-
    <fileperms-check-macro file="/etc/passwd" perms="-rw-r--r--" />
      <fileowner-check-macro file="/etc/passwd" owner="root" />
      <filegroupowner-check-macro file="/etc/passwd" group="root" />
