GEN001220 - All system files, programs, and directories must be owned by a system account - '/etc/*'

Information

Restricting permissions will protect the files from unauthorized modification.

Solution

Change the owner of system files, programs, and directories to a system account.
Procedure:
# chown root /some/system/file
(A different system user may be used in place of root.)

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_STIG_Library_2015_07.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-5(6), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001499, Rule-ID|SV-40783r1_rule, STIG-ID|GEN001220, Vuln-ID|V-795

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: f6a31ae523b597408a51b518e9edd38af01ffacf25fa8a435ae54eedaf0e33d9