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V-1054

CAT II (Medium)

The /etc/access.conf file must have a privileged group owner.

Rule ID

SV-44653r1_rule

STIG

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R12

CCIs

CCI-000225 CCI-000366

Discussion

Depending on the access restrictions of the /etc/access.conf file, if the group owner were not a privileged group, it could endanger system security.

Check Content

Check access configuration group ownership:

# ls -lL /etc/security/access.conf

If this file exists and has a group-owner that is not a privileged user, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Use the chgrp command to ensure the group owner is root, sys, or bin.
For example:
# chgrp root /etc/security/access.conf