The system's boot loader configuration files must be owned by root.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22586	GEN008760	SV-26261r1_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
The system's boot loader configuration files are critical to the integrity of the system and must be protected. Unauthorized modification of these files resulting from improper ownership could compromise the system's boot loader configuration.

STIG	Date
UNIX SRG	2013-03-26

Details

Check Text ( C-29321r1_chk )
If the system does not use GRUB, this is not applicable. Check the owner of the grub.conf file. # ls -lL grub.conf If the owner is not root, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-26353r1_fix)
Change the owner of the grub.conf file to root. # chown root grub.conf