V-4277

CAT II (Medium)

Files in /etc/news must be owned by root or news.

Rule ID

SV-45901r1_rule

STIG

Version

V1R12

CCIs

If critical system files are not owned by a privileged user, system integrity could be compromised.

Check the ownership of the files in "/etc/news".

Procedure:
# ls -al /etc/news

If any files are not owned by root or news, this is a finding.

Change the ownership of the files in "/etc/news" to root or news.

Procedure:
# chown root /etc/news/*