NIS/NIS+/yp files must be group-owned by root, sys, bin, other, or system.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
GEN001340-ESXI5-PNF	GEN001340-ESXI5-PNF	GEN001340-ESXI5-PNF_rule		Medium

Description
NIS/NIS+/yp files are part of the system's identification and authentication processes and are, therefore, critical to system security. Failure to give ownership of sensitive files or utilities to root or bin provides the designated owner and unauthorized users with the potential to access sensitive information or change the system configuration which could weaken the system's security posture. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - no support for NIS or NIS+.

Description

NIS/NIS+/yp files are part of the system's identification and authentication processes and are, therefore, critical to system security. Failure to give ownership of sensitive files or utilities to root or bin provides the designated owner and unauthorized users with the potential to access sensitive information or change the system configuration which could weaken the system's security posture. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - no support for NIS or NIS+.

STIG	Date
VMware ESXi v5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-01-15

Details

Check Text ( C-GEN001340-ESXI5-PNF_chk )
ESXi supports this requirement and cannot be configured to be out of compliance. This is a permanent not a finding.

Fix Text (F-GEN001340-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.