3.19 Verify that /etc/default/docker file ownership is set to root:root

Information

Verify that the '/etc/default/docker' file ownership and group-ownership is correctly set
to 'root'.'/etc/default/docker' file contains sensitive parameters that may alter the behavior of
docker daemon. Hence, it should be owned and group-owned by 'root' to maintain the
integrity of the file.

Solution

chown root-root /etc/default/docker
This would set the ownership and group-ownership for the file to 'root'.Impact-None.Default Value-This file may not be present on the system. In that case, this recommendation is not
applicable.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/517

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b.

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 7ce9f7dd8d56b4aa3a3a5a9134abcca7d872f1b30b951b2d830b372481399651