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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22427	GEN003770	SV-35080r1_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
HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-09-14

Details

Check Text ( C-36531r1_chk )
Check the group ownership of the services file. NOTE: The typical default group ownership for the services file is bin. # ls -lL /etc/services If the file is not group-owned by root, bin, sys, or other, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-31893r1_fix)
Change the group-owner of the services file. Procedure: # chgrp root /etc/services