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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22492	GEN005750	SV-35183r1_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
Failure to give group ownership of the NFS share configuration file to root, bin, sys or other 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 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-09-14

Details

Check Text ( C-38012r1_chk )
Check the group ownership of the NFS share configuration file. # echo `ls -lL /etc/dfs/dfstab` | 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-33251r1_fix)
Change the group ownership of the NFS share configuration file. # chgrp root /etc/dfs/dfstab