GEN006360 - The files in /etc/news must be group-owned by root - /etc/news

Information

If critical system files do not have a privileged group owner, system integrity could be compromised.

Solution

Change the group owner of the /etc/news directory and the files in it to root.

Procedure:
# chgrp -R root /etc/news

See Also

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

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA STIG Solaris 10 SPARC v2r4

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-227040r603265_rule, STIG-ID|GEN006360, STIG-Legacy|SV-40489, STIG-Legacy|V-4278, Vuln-ID|V-227040

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: d7501aef448c074f7e2c526855ae39d21ddd85b2354d7d722f3943046e10371c