All system start-up files must be group-owned by sys, bin, other, or system.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-4090	GEN001680	SV-27216r1_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
If system start-up files do not have a group owner of a system group, the files may be modified by malicious users or intruders.

STIG	Date
AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE	2018-09-18

Details

Check Text ( C-28193r1_chk )
Check run control scripts' group ownership. Procedure: # ls -lL /etc/rc* If any run control script is not group-owned by sys, bin, other, or system, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-34013r1_fix)
Change the group ownership of the run control script(s) with incorrect group ownership. Procedure: # chgrp sys