The /etc/shadow file (or equivalent) must be group-owned by root, bin, sys or other.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22339	GEN001410	SV-38340r2_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
The /etc/shadow file contains the list of local system accounts. It is vital to system security and must be protected from unauthorized modification. The file also contains password hashes which must not be accessible to users other than root.

STIG	Date
HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-12-08

Details

Check Text ( C-36356r2_chk )
For Trusted Mode: Check the TCB auth files and directories. # ls -lLd /tcb /tcb/files /tcp/files/auth # ls -lL /tcb/files/auth/[a-z,A-Z]/* If the group-owner of any of the /tcb files and directories is not root, bin, sys, or other, this is a finding. For SMSE: Check the /etc/shadow file. # ls -lL /etc/shadow If the /etc/shadow file is not group-owned by root, bin, sys or other, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-36356r2_chk )

For Trusted Mode:
Check the TCB auth files and directories.
# ls -lLd /tcb /tcb/files /tcp/files/auth
# ls -lL /tcb/files/auth/[a-z,A-Z]/*

If the group-owner of any of the /tcb files and directories is not root, bin, sys, or other, this is a finding.

For SMSE:
Check the /etc/shadow file.
# ls -lL /etc/shadow

If the /etc/shadow file is not group-owned by root, bin, sys or other, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-31655r2_fix)
For Trusted Mode: # chgrp root /tcb #chgrp root /tcb/files /tcb/files/auth # chgrp root /tcb/files/auth/[a-z]/* For SMSE: # chgrp root /etc/shadow