All shell files must be owned by root or bin.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
GEN002200-ESXI5-PNF	GEN002200-ESXI5-PNF	GEN002200-ESXI5-PNF_rule		Medium

Description
If shell files are owned by users other than root or bin, they could be modified by intruders or malicious users to perform unauthorized actions. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - Not a General Purpose (GP) OS. VMware's ESXi-v5 is a multi-user kernel where all users are "administrator" with either: Administrator with Full and partial (configurable) privileges, Read-only, or No Access. In this case, the file owner, group-owner and mode(s) have no meaning.

Description

If shell files are owned by users other than root or bin, they could be modified by intruders or malicious users to perform unauthorized actions. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - Not a General Purpose (GP) OS. VMware's ESXi-v5 is a multi-user kernel where all users are "administrator" with either: Administrator with Full and partial (configurable) privileges, Read-only, or No Access. In this case, the file owner, group-owner and mode(s) have no meaning.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-GEN002200-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-GEN002200-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.