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V-4361

CAT II (Medium)

The cron.allow file must be owned by root, bin, or sys.

Rule ID

SV-45637r1_rule

STIG

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

Version

V1R12

CCIs

CCI-000225

Discussion

If the owner of the cron.allow file is not set to root, bin, or sys, the possibility exists for an unauthorized user to view or to edit sensitive information.

Check Content

# ls -lL /etc/cron.allow
If the cron.allow file is not owned by root, sys, or bin, this is a finding.

Fix Text

# chown root /etc/cron.allow