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

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_RedHat_5_V1R18_STIG.zip