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V-204490

CAT II (Medium)

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that the cron.allow file, if it exists, is owned by root.

Rule ID

SV-204490r991589_rule

STIG

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R15

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

If the owner of the "cron.allow" file is not set to root, the possibility exists for an unauthorized user to view or to edit sensitive information.

Check Content

Verify that the "cron.allow" file is owned by root.

Check the owner of the "cron.allow" file with the following command:

# ls -al /etc/cron.allow
-rw------- 1 root root 6 Mar  5  2011 /etc/cron.allow

If the "cron.allow" file exists and has an owner other than root, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Set the owner on the "/etc/cron.allow" file to root with the following command:

# chown root /etc/cron.allow