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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-4430 GEN003260 SV-27371r1_rule ECLP-1 Medium
Description
Cron daemon control files restrict the scheduling of automated tasks and must be protected.
STIG Date
SOLARIS 9 X86 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 2015-10-01

Details

Check Text ( C-28522r1_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-24617r1_fix)
Change the ownership of the cron.deny file to root, sys, or bin.

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