The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that the cron.allow file, if it exists, is group-owned by root.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-204491	RHEL-07-021120	SV-204491r603261_rule		Medium

Description
If the group owner of the "cron.allow" file is not set to root, sensitive information could be viewed or edited by unauthorized users.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-12-06

Details

Check Text ( C-4615r88665_chk )
Verify that the "cron.allow" file is group-owned by root. Check the group owner of the "cron.allow" file with the following command: # ls -al /etc/cron.allow -rw------- 1 root root 6 Mar 5 2011 /etc/cron.allow If the "cron.allow" file exists and has a group owner other than root, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-4615r88666_fix)
Set the group owner on the "/etc/cron.allow" file to root with the following command: # chgrp root /etc/cron.allow