The inetd.conf file, xinetd.conf file, and the xinetd.d directory must be owned by root or bin.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-821	GEN003720	SV-35067r1_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
Failure to give ownership of sensitive files or utilities to root provides the designated owner and unauthorized users with the potential to access sensitive information or 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-34933r1_chk )
Check the ownership of the xinetd.d directory, the (x)inetd.conf file and any files identified by the configuration file includedir stanza. # find / -type d -name xinetd.d \| xargs -n1 ls -lLd # find / -type f -name inetd.conf -o -name xinetd.conf \| xargs -n1 ls -lL # grep includedir /xinetd.conf If any of the above named files, included files or directories are not owned by root or bin, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-34933r1_chk )

Check the ownership of the xinetd.d directory, the (x)inetd.conf file and any files identified by the configuration file includedir stanza.

# find / -type d -name xinetd.d | xargs -n1 ls -lLd
# find / -type f -name inetd.conf -o -name xinetd.conf | xargs -n1 ls -lL
# grep includedir /xinetd.conf

If any of the above named files, included files or directories are not owned by root or bin, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-30239r1_fix)
Change the ownership of the inetd.conf file to root or bin. # chown root