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The cron.deny file must be owned by root, bin, or sys.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-227763 GEN003260 SV-227763r603266_rule Medium
Description
Cron daemon control files restrict the scheduling of automated tasks and must be protected.
STIG Date
Solaris 10 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2022-09-07

Details

Check Text ( C-29925r488873_chk )
Check the ownership of the cron.deny file.

# ls -lL /etc/cron.d/cron.deny
If the cron.deny file is not owned by root, sys, or bin, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-29913r488874_fix)
Change the ownership of the cron.deny file to root, sys, or bin.

# chown root /etc/cron.d/cron.deny