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6.1.4 Ensure permissions on /etc/group- are configured

Audit#

Run the following command to verify /etc/group- is mode 644 or more restrictive, Uid is 0/root and Gid is 0/root: 

# stat -Lc "%n %a %u/%U %g/%G" /etc/group-
/etc/group- 644 0/root 0/root

Remediation#

Run the following command to verify /etc/group- is mode 644 or more restrictive, Uid is 0/root and Gid is 0/root: 

# stat -Lc "%n %a %u/%U %g/%G" /etc/group-
/etc/group- 644 0/root 0/root

Default Value:

/etc/group- 644 0/root 0/root