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The services file must be group-owned by root, bin, sys, or system.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-22427 GEN003770 SV-45764r1_rule Medium
Description
Failure to give ownership of system configuration files to root or a system group provides the designated owner and unauthorized users with the potential to change the system configuration possibly weakening the system's security posture.
STIG Date
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z 2016-12-20

Details

Check Text ( C-43118r1_chk )
Check the group ownership of the services file.

Procedure:
# ls -lL /etc/services

If the file is not group-owned by root, bin, sys, or system, this is a finding
Fix Text (F-39164r1_fix)
Change the group-owner of the services file.

Procedure:
# chgrp root /etc/services