PHTN-30-000111 - The Photon operating system must protect all boot configuration files from unauthorized modification.

Information

Boot configuration files control how the system boots, including single-user mode, auditing, log levels, etc. Improper or malicious configurations can negatively affect system security and availability.

Solution

At the command line, run the following commands for each returned file:

# chmod 644 <file>
# chown root:root <file>

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_7-0_Y25M01_STIG.zip