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V-22427

CAT II (Medium)

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

Rule ID

SV-45764r1_rule

STIG

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

Version

V1R12

CCIs

CCI-000225

Discussion

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 possibly weakening the system's security posture.

Check Content

Check the group ownership of the services file.

Procedure:
# ls -lL /etc/services

If the file is not group-owned by root, bin, sys, or system, this is a finding

Fix Text

Change the group-owner of the services file.

Procedure:
# chgrp root /etc/services