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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22427	GEN003770	SV-39112r1_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
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 which could weaken the system's security posture.

STIG	Date
Draft AIX Security Technical Implementation Guide	2011-08-17

Details

Check Text ( C-38105r1_chk )
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 (F-33378r1_fix)
Change the group owner of the services file. Procedure: # chgrp system /etc/services