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V-1058

CAT II (Medium)

The smbpasswd file must be group-owned by root.

Rule ID

SV-46136r1_rule

STIG

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R12

CCIs

CCI-000225

Discussion

If the smbpasswd file is not group-owned by root, the smbpasswd file may be maliciously accessed or modified, potentially resulting in the compromise of Samba accounts.

Check Content

Check "smbpasswd" ownership:

# ls -lL /etc/samba/passdb.tdb /etc/samba/secrets.tdb

If the "smbpasswd" file is not group-owned by root, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Use the chgrp command to ensure that the group owner of the smbpasswd file is root. 
For instance:
# chgrp root /etc/samba/passdb.tdb /etc/samba/secrets.tdb