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The system boot loader configuration file(s) must be group-owned by root.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-38581 RHEL-06-000066 SV-50382r2_rule Medium
Description
The "root" group is a highly-privileged group. Furthermore, the group-owner of this file should not have any access privileges anyway.
STIG Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2016-12-16

Details

Check Text ( C-46139r2_chk )
To check the group ownership of "/boot/grub/grub.conf", run the command:

$ ls -lL /boot/grub/grub.conf

If properly configured, the output should indicate the group-owner is "root".
If it does not, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-43529r2_fix)
The file "/boot/grub/grub.conf" should be group-owned by the "root" group to prevent destruction or modification of the file. To properly set the group owner of "/boot/grub/grub.conf", run the command:

# chgrp root /boot/grub/grub.conf