GEN006340 - Files in /etc/news must be owned by root or news.

Information

If critical system files are not owned by a privileged user, system integrity could be compromised.

Solution

Change the ownership of the files in /etc/news to root or news.
Procedure:
# chown root /etc/news/*

See Also

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

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA AIX 5.3 STIG v1r2

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000225, CSCv6|3.1, Rule-ID|SV-4277r2_rule, STIG-ID|GEN006340, Vuln-ID|V-4277

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: d7a6befece372e76d01469894626ba55b6218a1ed047abe7191f7ea1e62639ff