All global initialization files must be group-owned by wheel.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-11983	GEN001760 M6	SV-38061r1_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
Global initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon login. Malicious modification of these files could compromise accounts upon logon. Failure to give ownership of sensitive files or utilities to the group wheel 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.

Description

Global initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon login. Malicious modification of these files could compromise accounts upon logon. Failure to give ownership of sensitive files or utilities to the group wheel 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
MAC OSX 10.6 Workstation Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-04-09

Details

Check Text ( C-37605r1_chk )
Open a terminal session and enter the following commands to verify the group ownership on the global initialization files. ls -l /etc/bashrc ls -l /etc/csh.cshrc ls -l /etc/csh.login ls -l /etc/csh.logout ls -l /etc/profile If any global initialization file is not group owned by wheel, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-32847r1_fix)
Open a terminal session and use the following command to set the group ownership of the global initialization files. chgrp wheel /etc/