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Cron and crontab directories must have mode 0755 or less permissive.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-979 GEN003100 SV-979r2_rule ECLP-1 Medium
Description
To protect the integrity of scheduled system jobs and to prevent malicious modification to these jobs, crontab files must be secured.
STIG Date
UNIX SRG 2013-03-26

Details

Check Text ( C-8072r2_chk )
Check the mode of crontab directories. If any have a mode more permissive than 0755, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-1133r2_fix)
Change the mode of crontab directories to 0755.