V-821

Discussion

Failure to give ownership of sensitive files or utilities to root provides the designated owner and unauthorized users with the potential to access sensitive information or change the system configuration possibly weakening the system's security posture.

Check Content

Check the owner of the xinetd configuration files.

Procedure:
# ls -lL /etc/xinetd.conf 
# ls -laL /etc/xinetd.d
This is a finding if any of the above files or directories are not owned by root or bin.