All core system files must have the correct permissions, ownership, and group-ownership assigned as originally installed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-51235	OSX8-00-00980	SV-65445r1_rule		Medium

Description
All core system files should have the correct permissions, ownership, and group-ownership assigned as originally installed.

STIG	Date
Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG	2015-02-10

Details

Check Text ( C-53583r1_chk )
To check the permissions and ownership of the system files, run the following command: sudo diskutil verifyPermissions / Any results indicating User/Group/Permissions differ is a finding.

Fix Text (F-56035r1_fix)
To correct ownership and permissions of files found in the check, run the following command: sudo diskutil repairPermissions /