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The services file must be group-owned by wheel.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-22427 GEN003770 M6 SV-38122r1_rule ECLP-1 Medium
Description
Failure to give ownership of system configuration files to 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
MAC OSX 10.6 Workstation Security Technical Implementation Guide 2013-04-09

Details

Check Text ( C-37663r1_chk )
Open a terminal session and enter the following command to verify the group ownership of the /etc/services file.

ls -lL /etc/services

If the /etc/services file is not group owned by wheel, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-32904r1_fix)
Open a terminal session and enter the following command to set the group.

chgrp wheel /etc/services