The smb.conf file must not have an extended ACL.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22497	GEN006150	SV-26824r2_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
Excessive permissions could endanger the security of the Samba configuration file and, ultimately, the system and network.

STIG	Date
SOLARIS 10 X86 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE	2015-06-12

Details

Check Text ( C-39150r2_chk )
Check the group ownership of the Samba configuration file. Default locations for this file include /etc, /etc/sfw, /etc/samba, and /etc/sfw/samba. If the system has Samba installed in non-standard locations, also check the smb.conf in those locations. Procedure: # ls -lL /etc/smb.conf /etc/sfw/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/sfw/samba/smb.conf If the permissions include a "+", the file has an extended ACL and this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-39150r2_chk )

Check the group ownership of the Samba configuration file. Default locations for this file include /etc, /etc/sfw, /etc/samba, and /etc/sfw/samba. If the system has Samba installed in non-standard locations, also check the smb.conf in those locations.

Procedure:
# ls -lL /etc/smb.conf /etc/sfw/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/sfw/samba/smb.conf
If the permissions include a "+", the file has an extended ACL and this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-24067r2_fix)
Remove the extended ACL from the file. # chmod A- /etc/smb.conf /etc/sfw/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/sfw/samba/smb.conf