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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