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Verify '/etc/passwd' file Permissions

ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:48501	Date: (C)2018-10-27 (M)2023-07-04
Class: COMPLIANCE	Family: unix

This test makes sure that '/etc/passwd' has proper permission. If the target file or directory has an extended ACL then it will fail the mode check.

Platform:

Amazon Linux AMI

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