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GEN003770 - The services file must be group-owned by root, bin, or sys.

Information

Failure to give ownership of system configuration files to root or a system group provides the designated owner and unauthorized users with the potential to change the system configuration which could weaken the system's security posture.

Solution

Change the group-owner of the services file.

Procedure:
# chgrp root /etc/services

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_SOL_10_x86_V2R4_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-227817r603266_rule, STIG-ID|GEN003770, STIG-Legacy|SV-39903, STIG-Legacy|V-22427, Vuln-ID|V-227817

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: f60fbc91f14946ef10d7b66a63898c915dd9c93ff4b824633a55de2789eb8b9a