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Crontab files must be group-owned by root, sys, or the crontab creator's primary group.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-227744 GEN003050 SV-227744r603266_rule Medium
Description
To protect the integrity of scheduled system jobs and prevent malicious modification to these jobs, crontab files must be secured.
STIG Date
Solaris 10 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2022-09-07

Details

Check Text ( C-29906r488816_chk )
Check the group ownership of the crontab files.
# ls -lL /var/spool/cron/crontabs/
If the group owner is not root, sys, or the crontab owner's primary group, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-29894r488817_fix)
Change the group owner of the crontab file to root, sys, or the crontab's primary group.
Procedure:
# chgrp root [crontab file]