The NFS export configuration file must be group-owned by root, bin, sys, or system.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22492	GEN005750	SV-39013r1_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
Failure to give group ownership of the NFS export configuration file to root or a system group provides the designated group owner and possible unauthorized users with the potential to change system configuration which could weaken the system's security posture.

STIG	Date
HP-UX 11.23 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2015-12-02

Details

Check Text ( C-36680r1_chk )
Check the group ownership of the NFS export configuration file. Procedure: # echo `ls -lL /etc/exports` | tr '\011' ' ' | tr -s ' ' | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//' | cut -f 4,4 -d " " If the file is not group-owned by root, bin, sys, or other, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-32053r1_fix)
Change the group ownership of the NFS export configuration file. # chgrp root /etc/export