All system start-up files must be group-owned by root, sys, bin, other, or system.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-4090	GEN001680	SV-45091r1_rule		Medium

Description
If system start-up files do not have a group owner of root or a system group, the files may be modified by malicious users or intruders.

STIG	Date
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-09-19

Details

Check Text ( C-42452r1_chk )
Check run control scripts' group ownership. Procedure: # ls -lL /etc/rc* /etc/init.d Alternatively: # find /etc -name "[SK][0-9]*"|xargs stat -L -c %G:%n|egrep -v "^(root|sys|bin|other):" If any run control script is not group-owned by root, sys, bin, or other system groups, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-38494r1_fix)
Change the group ownership of the run control script(s) with incorrect group ownership. Procedure: # chgrp root # find /etc -name "[SK][0-9]*"|xargs stat -L -c %G:%n|egrep -v "^(root|sys|bin|other):"|cut -d: -f2|xargs chgrp root