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Default system accounts (with the exception of root) must not be listed in the cron.allow file or must be included in the cron.deny file, if cron.allow does not exist.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-227745 GEN003060 SV-227745r603266_rule Medium
Description
To centralize the management of privileged account crontabs, of the default system accounts, only root may have a crontab.
STIG Date
Solaris 10 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2022-09-07

Details

Check Text ( C-29907r488819_chk )
Check the cron.allow and cron.deny files for the system.
# more /etc/cron.d/cron.allow
# more /etc/cron.d/cron.deny
If a default system account (such as bin, sys, adm, or others) is listed in the cron.allow file, or not listed in the cron.deny file if no cron.allow file exists, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-29895r488820_fix)
Remove default system accounts (such as bin, sys, adm, or others) from the cron.allow file if it exists, or add those accounts to the cron.deny file.