Access to the at utility must be controlled via the at.allow and/or at.deny file(s).

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-984	GEN003280	SV-35033r1_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
The at facility selectively allows users to execute jobs at deferred times. It is usually used for one-time jobs. The at.allow file selectively allows access to the at facility. If there is no at.allow file, there is no ready documentation of who is allowed to submit at jobs.

STIG	Date
HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-09-14

Details

Check Text ( C-36457r1_chk )
Check for the existence of at.allow and at.deny files. # ls -lL /var/adm/cron/at.allow # ls -lL /var/adm/cron/at.deny If neither file exists, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-31796r1_fix)
Create at.allow and/or at.deny files containing appropriate lists of users to be allowed or denied access to the at facility supported by the cron daemon.