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1.134 APPL-26-004030

Information

The macOS system must configure system log files owned by root and group to wheel.

GROUP ID: V-277161
RULE ID: SV-277161r1148935

The system log files must be owned by root.

System logs contain sensitive data about the system and users. Setting log files to be readable and writable only by system administrators mitigates the risk.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000205-GPOS-00083, SRG-OS-000206-GPOS-00084

Solution

Configure the macOS system with system log files owned by root and group to wheel with the following command:

/usr/sbin/chown root:wheel $(/usr/bin/stat -f '%Su:%Sg:%N' $(/usr/bin/grep -v '^#' /etc/newsyslog.conf | /usr/bin/awk '{ print $1 }') 2> /dev/null | /usr/bin/awk -F":" '!/^root:wheel:/{print $3}')

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/26538

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

References: 800-53|SI-11a., 800-53|SI-11b., CCI|CCI-001312, CCI|CCI-001314, Rule-ID|SV-277161r1148935_rule, STIG-ID|APPL-26-004030, Vuln-ID|V-277161

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: f2a57b5866f567f549c3ba1779ce4630654693b64e662871a2b03e6c3a355cdb