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V-22586

CAT II (Medium)

The systems boot loader configuration files must be owned by root.

Rule ID

SV-46077r1_rule

STIG

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

Version

V1R12

CCIs

CCI-000225

Discussion

The system's boot loader configuration files are critical to the integrity of the system and must be protected. Unauthorized modification of these files resulting from improper ownership could compromise the system's boot loader configuration.

Check Content

Check the ownership of the file.
# ls -lLd /etc/zipl.conf

If the owner of the file is not root, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Change the ownership of the file.
# chown root /etc/zipl.conf