All NFS exported system files and system directories must be group-owned by root, bin, or sys.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-227011	GEN005810	SV-227011r603265_rule		Medium

Description
Failure to give group ownership of sensitive files or directories to root provides the members of the owning group with the potential to access sensitive information or change system configuration which could weaken the system's security posture.

STIG	Date
Solaris 10 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-12-04

Details

Check Text ( C-29173r485378_chk )
List the exports. # cat /etc/dfs/dfstab OR # more /etc/dfs/sharetab For each export, check the ownership information. # ls -ldL If the directory is not group-owned by root, sys, or bin this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-29161r485379_fix)
Change the group owner of the export directory. # chgrp root