The hosts.lpd (or equivalent) file must be owned by root, bin, sys, or lp.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-828	GEN003920	SV-35143r1_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
Failure to give ownership of the hosts.lpd file to root, bin, sys, or lp provides the designated owner, and possible unauthorized users, with the potential to modify the hosts.lpd file. Unauthorized modifications could disrupt access to local printers from authorized remote hosts or permit unauthorized remote access to local printers.

STIG	Date
HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2016-12-20

Details

Check Text ( C-35001r1_chk )
Locate any print service configuration file(s) on the system. HP vendor documentation identifies the following names and locations of print service configuration files on the system that can be checked via the following commands: # ls -lL /var/spool/lp/.rhosts # ls -lL /var/adm/inetd.sec # ls -lL /etc/hosts.equiv If no print service configuration file is found, this is not a finding. Check the ownership of the print service configuration file(s). # ls -lL If the owner of the file is not root, sys, bin, or lp, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-35001r1_chk )

Locate any print service configuration file(s) on the system. HP vendor documentation identifies the following names and locations of print service configuration files on the system that can be checked via the following commands:
# ls -lL /var/spool/lp/.rhosts
# ls -lL /var/adm/inetd.sec
# ls -lL /etc/hosts.equiv

If no print service configuration file is found, this is not a finding.

Check the ownership of the print service configuration file(s).
# ls -lL

If the owner of the file is not root, sys, bin, or lp, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-30294r1_fix)
Change the owner of the /etc/hosts.lpd file (or equivalent) to root, lp, or another privileged UID. # chown root