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GEN006120 - The smb.conf file must be group-owned by root, bin, or sys.

Information

If the group owner of the smb.conf file is not root or a system group, the file may be maliciously modified and the Samba configuration could be compromised.

Solution

Change the group owner of the smb.conf file.

Procedure:

# chgrp root /etc/smb.conf /etc/sfw/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/sfw/samba/smb.conf

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-227019r603265_rule, STIG-ID|GEN006120, STIG-Legacy|SV-39890, STIG-Legacy|V-1056, Vuln-ID|V-227019

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 6182c84e5b7ddd19e49feed249c9b8110f1fcc41e030f61663ffc08161be084c