Audit log files must be owned by root:wheel.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-51641	OSX8-00-00355	SV-65851r1_rule		Medium

Description
Audit log files should be owned by root:wheel.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-53951r1_chk )
Prevent unauthorized users from reading or altering the audit logs. To check the permissions of the audit log files, run the following command: sudo -s ls -l `grep "^dir" /etc/security/audit_control | awk -F: '{print $2 "/*"}'` | grep -v current The audit log files listed should be owned by root:wheel. If not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-56441r1_fix)
For any log file that returns an incorrect permission value, run the following command: sudo chown root:wheel [audit log file] where [audit log file] is the full path to the log file in question.