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V-204491

CAT II (Medium)

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

Rule ID

SV-204491r991589_rule

STIG

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R15

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

If the group owner of the "cron.allow" file is not set to root, sensitive information could be viewed or edited by unauthorized users.

Check Content

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

Check the group 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 a group owner other than root, this is a finding.

Fix Text

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

# chgrp root /etc/cron.allow