The at.allow file must be group-owned by root, bin, sys, or cron.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
GEN003470-ESXI5-PNF	GEN003470-ESXI5-PNF	GEN003470-ESXI5-PNF_rule		Medium

Description
If the group owner of the at.allow file is not set to root, bin, sys, or cron, unauthorized users could be allowed to view or edit the list of users permitted to run "at" jobs. Unauthorized modification could result in Denial-of-Service to authorized "at" users or provide unauthorized users with the ability to run "at" jobs. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - The hypervisor does not support this function.

Description

If the group owner of the at.allow file is not set to root, bin, sys, or cron, unauthorized users could be allowed to view or edit the list of users permitted to run "at" jobs. Unauthorized modification could result in Denial-of-Service to authorized "at" users or provide unauthorized users with the ability to run "at" jobs. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - The hypervisor does not support this function.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-GEN003470-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-GEN003470-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.