V-828

Discussion

Failure to give ownership of the hosts.lpd file to root, bin, sys, or lp provides the designated owner, and possible unauthorized users, with the potential to modify the hosts.lpd file. Unauthorized modifications could disrupt access to local printers from authorized remote hosts or permit unauthorized remote access to local printers.

Check Content

Check the ownership of the print service configuration file.

Procedure:
# find /etc -name hosts.lpd -print
# find /etc -name Systems –print
# find /etc –name printers.conf -print  

If no print service configuration file is found, this is not applicable.

Check the ownership of the print service configuration file(s).

# ls –lL <print service file>

If the owner of the file is not root, this is a finding.