V-12038

CAT II (Medium)

The /etc/securetty file must be group-owned by root, sys, or bin.

Rule ID

SV-44669r1_rule

STIG

Version

V1R12

CCIs

The securetty file contains the list of terminals permitting direct root logins. It must be protected from unauthorized modification.

Check /etc/securetty group ownership:

# ls –lL /etc/securetty

If /etc/securetty is not group owned by root, sys, or bin, then this is a finding.

Change the group-owner of /etc/securetty to root, sys, or bin.
Example:
# chgrp root /etc/securetty