GEN008080 - If the system is using LDAP for authentication or account information, the LDAP configuration file must be owned by root - /var/ldap/ldap_client_cred

Information

LDAP can be used to provide user authentication and account information, which are vital to system security. The LDAP client configuration must be protected from unauthorized modification.

Solution

Change the owner of the files.
# chown root /var/ldap/ldap_client_file /var/ldap/ldap_client_cred

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_SOL_10_SPARC_V2R4_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-227061r603265_rule, STIG-ID|GEN008080, STIG-Legacy|SV-40727, STIG-Legacy|V-22560, Vuln-ID|V-227061

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: e460365d7882f1753eb9b48c352d25d4e9fb3e55171f552f2d3aac8ffef5df3e